THE  HISTORICAL  ADDRESS 


DELIVERED  BY 


REV.  PAYSON    W.  LYMAN 


One  Hundredth  Anniversary 

OF  THE  FOUNDING  OF  THE 

First  Church,  Easthampton,  Mass., 

NOVEMBER' T7, -18S5. 

ALSO  T*1E 

CONFESSIONS,  COVENANTS  AND  STANDING  POJkES 
OF  THE  CHURCH, 

AND  A  REGISTER  OF  THE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  CHURCH 

AND    SABBATH    SCHOOL,   TOGETHER    WITH 

THE  CHURCH  MEMBERSHIP  FROM 

ITS    ORGANIZATION. 


EASTHAMPTON,  MASS.; 
PRESS  OF  THE  EASTHAMPTON  NEWS. 

1887. 


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THE  HISTORICAL  ADDRESS 


DELIVERED  BY 


REV.  PAYSON    W.  LYMAN 


One  Hundredth  Anniversary 


OF  THE  FOUNDING  OF  THE 


First  Church,  Easthampton,  Mass., 

NOVEMBER  17,  1885. 

ALSO  THE 

CONFESSIONS,  COVENANTS  AND  STANDING  RULES 

OF  TFF,  CHURCH, 

AND  A  REGISTER  OF  THE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  CHURCH 

AND    SABBATH    SCHOOL,   TOGETHER    WITH 

THE  CHURCH  MEMBERSHIP  FROM 

ITS    ORGANIZATION. 


EASTHAMPTON,  MASS.: 
PRESS  OF  THE  EASTHAMPTON  NEWS. 

1887. 


PREFACE. 


At  its  annual  meeting,  held  Dec.  10,  1884.  the  Church 
voted  to  observe  the  One  Hundredth  anniversary  of  its 
organization,  and  chose  Dea.  Lauren  D.  Lyman.  Hon. 
Horatio  G.  Knight  and  Dea.  John  H.  Judd.  as  a  committee 
to  act  in  concert  with  a  similar  committee,  chosen  by  the 
Parish,  in  making  the  necessary  arrangements. 

Subsequently  the  Parish  chose  Messrs.  S.  Chapin 
Wood,  W.  Edgar  Clapp  and  Charles  E.  Ferry,  to  act  in 
that  capacity. 

In  June.  1885,  this  joint  committee  met  and  organized, 
choosing  Dea.  L.  D.  Lyman,  chairman:  Dea.  J.  H.  Judd. 
secretary,  who  soon  after  moved  from  town,  and  Hon.  H.  (I. 
Knight  was  appointed  to  his  place. 

At  subsequent  meetings  it  was  arranged :— to  hold  .ser- 
vices both  afternoon  and  evening;  to  invite  the  choir  of  the 
church  to  assist  in  the  services:  to  invite  all  who.  in  former 
days,  had  ever  been  members  of  the  choir,  to  assist  also  in 
the  singing:  to  extend  special  invitations  to  Rev.  Rollin  S. 
Stone,  of  Chatham,  N.  J.,  a  former  pastor.  Rev.  J.  H. 
Bisbee,  of  Westfield.  Rev.  James  F.  Mears  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  of  Easthampton.  and.  to  all  the 
Pastors  of  the  Congregational  Churches  of  Hampshire 
Conference:  also  to  extend,  through  the  newspapers,  a 
general  invitation  to  former  members  of  the  Church  and 
Parish:  to  invite  Rev.  W.  F.  Bacon,  the  Pastor,  to  give  an 
address  of  welcome.  Rev.  A.  M.  Colton.  of  Easthampton. 
late  Pastor,  to  offer  the  anniversary  prayer,  and  Rev.  P. 
W.  Lyman,  of  Belchertown.  author  of  the  History  of 
Easthampton,  to  deliver  the  Historical  address;  to  hold  a 
social  gathering  in  the  chapel,  in  connection  with  a  colla- 
tion, during  the  recess  between  the  afternoon  and  evening- 
service. 


PREFACE. 

The  following  was  the  programme  for  the  day:  — 

AFTERNOON. 
[Commencing  at  2  o'clock,  Dea.  L.  D.  Lyman  presiding.] 
Organ  voluntary.  Mr.  Frederick  L.  Clark.  Organist. 
Doxology,  L.  M. 
Invocation.  Rev.  Elihu  Loomis. 
Anthem,  by  Choir,  Mr.  Samuel  J.  Derby,  Leader. 
Address  of  Welcome,  Rev.  W.  F.  Bacon. 
Scripture  Reading,  Rev.  J.  H.  Bishee. 
Hymn,  by  the  Choir. 
Prayer,  Rev.  A.  M.  Colton, 

Hymn,  by  the  Old  Choir.  Mr.  J.  H.  Willard,  Leader 
Historical  Address.  Rev.  Payson  W.  Lyman. 
Anthem,  by  Old  Choir. 
Benediction. 


[Commencing  at  7  o'clock.  Rev.  W.   F.  Bacon  presiding.  | 

Organ  Voluntary. 

Anthem,  by  the  Choir. 

Prayer,  Rev.  Isaac  Clark. 

Hymn,  by  Congregation. 

Reminiscences  of  earlier  days  of  the  Church,  Rev.  J. 
H.  Bisbee. 

Reminiscences  of  transition  period  of  the  Church, 
Rev.  R.  S.  Stone. 

Anthem,  by  Old  Choir. 

Reminiscences  of  later  days  of  the  Church.  Rev.  A.  M. 
Colton. 

Greetings  from  the  Mother  Church.  Rev.  H.  W. 
Lathe,  First  Church,  Northampton. 

Anthem  by  the  Old  Choir. 

Greetings  from  Daughter  Churches.  Rev.  C.  H.  Ham- 
lin, Payson  Church.  Easthampton.  and  Rev.  James  F. 
Mears,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Easthampt<  n. 

Greetings  from  Sister  Churches.  Rev.  Isaac  Clark. 
Edwards  Church,  Northampton,  Rev.  E.  (i.  Cobb,  Florence. 

Greetings  from  Conference.  Rev.  R.  M.  Woods.  Hat- 
field. 

Hymn,  by  ( !ongregation. 

Benediction. 


PREFACE. 


This  programme  was  fully  and  ably  carried  out,  each 
appointee  being  present  to  fill  his  part. 

The  weather  was  favorable,  and  the  church  was  crowd- 
ed, both  afternoon  and  evening.  The  universal  opinion 
seemed  to  be  that  the  anniversary,  in  all  its  parts,  was 
an  entire  success. 

It  was  subsequently  voted  by  the  church,  to  print  the 
Historical  Address  in  connection  with  its  Manual  and 
Register,  which  were  in  course  of  preparation. 

The  following  entry,  made  Jan,  9th,  1834,  upon  one  of 
the  first  pages  of  the  records  of  the  church,  may  help 
explain  some  of  the  difficulties  under  which  Mr.  Lyman 
labored  in  preparing  his  address;  the  omission  of  several 
dates  in  the  list  of  officers  and  members  of  the  church,  as 
well  as  some  of  the  errors  which  may  possibly  be  found 
in  the  register  of  the  first  fifty  years: — 

Owing  to  the  circumstances  of  the  church  in  this 
place  not  purchasing  a  book  for  preserving  the  records 
of  their '  doings,  etc.,  for  some  time  after  my  ordination, 
and  of  my  negligence  (which  I  freely  confess  I  see  cause 
to  lament,  and  hope  will  never  be  plead  as  a  precedent  by 
any  of  my  successors  in  the  gospel  ministry  here),  I  have 
but  imperfectly  preserved  on  file  only  a  small  part  of  the 
doings  of  the  church,  from  time  to  time,  till  near  the  close 
of  my  ministry.  Should  it  please  God,  who  has  graciously 
lengthened  out  my  life  hitherto,  to  furnish  me  with  the 
leisure  I  shall  need,  I  propose  in  the  course  of  the  present 
year,  to  insert  in  the  book  of  church  records  those  doings, 
with  such  other  of  the  church's  as  are  strongly 
impressed  on  my  memory,  and  which  I  shall  record  as 
what  I  believe  to  have  been  matters  of  fact. 

The  notice  of  marriage,  baptisms,  receptions  into  the 
church,  and  deaths,  as  contained  in  the  book  of  records, 
is  substantially,  and  I  very  much  think  in  every  instance, 
correct,  being  a  faithful  copy  from  my  minutes  till  the 
purchase  of  a  book  for  keeping  records,  and  which  book, 
after  the  purchase,  was  improved  for  recording  baptisms, 
marriages,  etc.,  directly,  or  soon  after  the  facts  recorded 
took  place.  Attest, 

PAYSON  WILLISTON. 
Easthampton,  Jan.  9th.  1834, 

The  spelling  of  the  names,  found  in  the  Register,  is 
that  of  the  records  of  the  church. 

Special  attention  is  called  to  the  great  age  attained  by 
the  majority  of  the  "Original  Members,"  as  recorded  in  the 
Church  Register. 


HISTORICAL  ADDRESS. 


The  significant  and  fruitful  act  which  we  to-day  cele- 
brate on  the  one-hundredth  anniversary  of  its  occurrence, 
was  one  to  which  our  fathers  had  for  years  looked  forward, 
and  for  which,  as?  they  were  able,  they  had  been  making 
preparation. 

The  launching  of  a  church  in  any  place  is,  ordinarily 
speaking,  the  most  important  act  in  its  life. 

Before  reviewing  the  history  of  this  church  organiza- 
tion. I  wish  in  a  few  words  to  show  something  as  to  its 
genesis,  to  set  forth  in  brief  the  antecedent  religious  history 
of  the  settlement. 

Though  the  district  known  as  Nashawannuck  was  first 
occupied,  the  two  most  important  of  the  original  settle- 
ments within  the  borders  of  the  present  town  of  Easthamp- 
ton  were  at  Bartlett's  Mill  and  Pascommuck.  From  the 
former  the  center  of  the  town  grew.  Both  were  North- 
ampton school  districts.  So  far  as  appears  from  any  records 
which  have  come  to  my  knowledge,  the  first  school  taught 
in  town  was  at  Pascommock  in  1739.  There  is  no  account 
of  any  further  appropriation  till  Dec.  1748,  when  it  was 
voted  to  have  schools  taught  in  Pascommuck  and  at  Bart- 
lett's Mill,  unless  the  statement  that  Benjamin  Lyman  (the 
ancestor  of  all  the  Easthampton  Lymans)  who  had  then 
just  moved  to  Bartlett's  Mill,  received  in  March  1747  £5  for 
keeping  school  the  winter  past  in  one  of  the  extreme  parts 
of  the  town,  means  that  a  school  was  kept  by  him  near  his 
home  that  year.  Early  teachers  at  this  place  were  Elisha 
Alvord  and  Samuel  Pomeroy,  and  at  Pascommuck,  Obad- 
iah  Janes,  Joel  Parsons  and  Philip  Clark.  The  schools 
were  held  for  a  few  weeks,  at  the  most  three  months,  and 
in  the  winter. 

100  years  ago  in  April  last  the  astounding  proposition 
was  introduced  into  the  Northampton  town  meeting  that 
the  town  should  •■school''  girls.  Why  did  they  need  school- 
ing ?  So  the  majority  thought,  and  gave  the  proposition  a 
black  eye.  Seven  years  later  a  vote  was  secured  to 
"school  girls  from  8  to  13  years  old"  at  the  '"Center"  and 
at  "•Licking  Water."  There  came  a  reaction,  however,  and 
in  17!)!)  the  progressives  were  again  defeated,  the  town 
refusing  to  take  any  measures  to  school  girls. 


HIST<  >RICAL   ADDRESS. 


Though  provided  with  school  privileges  at  home,  our 
fathers  were  obliged  to  go  to  Northampton  or  Southamp- 
ton, an  inconvenient  distance,  for  the  privilege  of  public 
religious  services  on  the  Sabbath. 

Among  his  voluminous  writings  Sylvester  Judd  pre- 
serves a  record  of  the  fact  that  Maj.  Jonathan  Clapp,  a 
prominent  Easthampton  man,  used  to  go  to  meeting  with 
his  wife  and  six  grown  daughters ,  all  coming  into  the  meet- 
ing house  together,  two  by  two,  the  girls  being  noticeably 
well  dressed.  On  Sunday  noons  they  always  went  to  Itha- 
mar  Strong's,  which  was  on  Main  St.,  opposite  the  Old 
church,  on  the  site  afterwards  occupied  by  Winthrop  Hill- 
yer,  on  Shop  Row.  Maj.  Clapp  was  accustomed  to  send  in 
provisons,  and  Strong's  people  always  boiled  a  dinner  for 
them,  they  having  a  room  by  themselves,  the  Strong  fam- 
ily receiving  compensation  for  the  service  rendered. 

But  not  many  families  could  go  to  that  degree  of 
trouble  and  expense.  And,  even  if  they  could,  it  was  not 
conducive  to  the  spiritual  life  of  the  new  settlement  that 
they  should  be  obliged  to  go  so  far  for  public  service.  It 
was  every  way  desirable  that  they  should  have  religious 
privileges  nearer  home. 

Though  the  fact  should  not  be  overlooked  that  neigh- 
borhood religious  services  were  held  here  on  week  days 
with  more  or  less  frequency.  If  other  evidence  were  want- 
ing, we  have  the  proof  in  the  writings  of  the  distinguished 
Northampton  pastor.  Jonathan  Edwards,  to  whose  flock 
the  people  of  the  settlements  hiterto  named  belonged,  and 
who,  in  his  "Narrative  of  Surprising  Conversions,'"  relates 
that  it  had  long  been  the  manner  of  the  young  people  to 
make  Sunday  evening  and  the  evening  of  the  public  re- 
ligious lecture  a  time  of  social  mirth  and  gayety.  Pained 
by  such  a  proceedure,  he  preached  against  it,  and  also 
privately  urged  upon  the  people  that  they  should  meet 
together  on  the  next  day  after  the  lecture  in  their  several 
neighborhoods  "to  know  each  others'  minds,"  and  the 
motion  was  complied  with  throughout  the  town. 

Even  the  young  people  themselves  were  convinced  by 
what  they  heard  from  the  pulpit  and  were  willing  of  them- 
selves to  comply  with  the  counsel  given,  "and  it  was  im- 
mediately and,  Isuppose,  almost  universally  complied  with, 
and  there  was  a  thorough  reformation  of  these  disorders 
thenceforward,  which  has  continued  ever  since." 

This  was  in  1733.  "Presently  after  this."  Mr.  Edwards 
goes  on  to  say,  "there  began  to  appear  a  remarkable 
religious  concern  at  a  little  village  belonging  to  the 
congregation  called  Pascommuck,  where  a  few  families 
were  settled.  At  this  place  a  number  of  persons  seemed 
to  be  savingly  wrought  upon." 


HISTORICAL    ADDRESS. 


This  was  the  begining  of  a  most  remarkable  work  of 
grace  which  resulted  in  the  conversion,  as  Mr.  Edwards 
estimated,  of  not  less  than  300  persons  in  his  parish.  This 
was  mostly  in  the  year  1735,  one  hundred  and  fifty  years 
ago. 

This  work  extended  through  all  parts  of  Old  Hamp- 
shire County  and  even  down  into  Connecticut. 

"In  the  fall  of  the  year  1734"  he  says  "I  proposed  it  to 
the  young  people  that  they  should  agree  among  themselves 
to  spend  the  evenings  after  lectures  in  social  religion, 
and,  to  that  end.  to  divide  themselves  into  several  compa- 
nies to  meet  in  various  parts  of  the  town,  which  was  accord- 
ingly done;  and  those  meetings  have  been  since  continued 
and  the  example  imitated  by  elder  people." 

The  early  place  of  meeting  at  the  Bartlett's  mill  settle- 
ment, now  the  center,  was  at  Landlord  Joseph  Bartlett's 
house,  which,  as  an  innholder,  he  kept  open  to  the  public 
during  the  whole  period  of  Mr.  Edwards'  pastorate  in 
Northampton. 

Here  in  an  earlier  building  on  the  site  from  which  was 
lately  removed  the  structure  known  to  us  as  "the  Old 
Clapp  Tavern,"  the  voice  of  Mr.  Edwards  was,  no  doubt, 
many  times  heard  dispensing  the  word  of  life  to  this  por- 
tion of  his  spiritual  charge. 

This  Landlord  Bartlett  died  in  1755,  bequeathing  cer- 
tain lands  to  three  of  his  brothers,  attaching  to  the  bequest 
the  condition  that  they  should  give  £100,  "old  tenor," 
which  was  then  equivalent  to  £13,  6s,  8d,  lawful  money, 
to  the  first  church  of  Christ  that  should  be  erected  and 
should  celebrate  divine  ordinances  within  half  a  mile  of 
his  house. 

When,  thirty  years  after  his  death,  this  church  was 
organized  in  the  public  house  which  stood  where  his  had 
done,  the  church  committee  (consisting,  at  that  time,  of 
Benjamin  Lyman.  Stephen  Wright  and  Philip  Clark), 
together  with  Joseph  Clapp,  were  appointed  to  collect  the 
donation.  With  the  accrued  interest,  it  amounted  to  £14, 
Is,  3d,  and  was  expended  in  the  purchase  of  a  massive  sil- 
ver cup  for  use  in  the  communion  service.  The  cup  is  still 
held  by  the  church  as  one  of  its  precious  relics,  and  is 
before  you  on  the  desk.  In  1S05,  Dea.  Obadiah  Janes  gave 
the  church  a  smaller  cup  which  we  also  have  before  us. 
The  communion  service,  now  in  use,  was  the  gift  of  Mrs. 
Tirzah.  widow  of  Luther  Clapp,  who  died  Aug.  13,  1811,  in 
her  will  bequeathing  to  the  church  and  town  $300,  $35 
of  which,  according  to  her  direction,  was  expended  for  the 
purchase  of  a  pall  cloth  for  public  use;  and  the  remainder 
fell  to  the  church.  This  bequest  of  Landlord  Bartlett  indi- 
cates that  even  then  the    people    were    looking  forward 


HISTORICAL    ADDRESS. 


toward  a  church  organization. 

Fifteen  years  later,  in  March  1770,  a  committee  of  the 
town  of  Northampton  recommended  that  a  meeting  house 
he  provided  to  accommodate  the  people  at  Bartlett's  Mill 
and  Pascommuck.  The  proposition  failed  of  favorable  con- 
sideration, but  in  March  1773  met  with  better  success. 
Eliakim  Clark,  Jonathan  Clapp  and  others  petitioned 
Northampton  in  favor  of  separation  and  the  ' "erection"  of 
a  new  town.  A  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  mat- 
ter, reported  in  favor  of  granting  the  petition.  They,  pro- 
posed and  the  town  voted  to  raise  £300  to  enable  the  new 
town  to  erect  a  meeting  house  and  settle  a  minister,  though 
in  the  following  June  they  refused  the  petition  of  the  peo- 
ple here  for  a  larger  sum  than  had  been  voted  in  aid  of 
their  enterprise. 

The  motive  for  the  new  town  was  thus  religious.  It 
was  for  the  sake  of  the  church.  And  that  was  also  the 
test  by  which  the  advisability  of  the  establishment  of  a 
new  town  was  tried.  Could  the  people  desiring  incorpor- 
ation maintain  religious  worship  and  afford  an  adequate 
support  to  an  ordained  pastor  and  teacher  ?  If  so,  there 
was  reason  in  their  petition  for  separate  organization. 

In  those  days  the  town  was  to  the  church  what  the  par- 
ish is  to-day,  saving  that  there  was  then  no  option  in  the 
matter  of  belonging  to  it.  No  one  could  "sign  off'*.  If  one 
left  town  he  would  meet  the  same  obligation  to  support  the 
church  in  the  place  in  which  he  should  locate. 

The  people  here  being  anxious  for  separate  organiza- 
tion, Northampton  favored  their  desire,  and  in  Dec.  1773 
instructed  its  representative  "to  use  his  utmost  endeavor 
at  General  Court  to  procure  a  new  town."'  But  his  most 
strenuous  endeavor  proved  abortive,  partly  through  objec- 
tion offered  by  Southampton,  which  was  loth  to  part  with 
those  of  its  families  who  desired  and  had  petitioned  to  be 
set  off  with  the  new  town  and  church. 

The  excitement  and  excessive  burdens  of  the  Revolu- 
tion soon  came  upon  the  people  and  postponed  further 
action  looking  towards  a  new  town,  till  in  1781  and  1782  the 
subject  was  again  agitated  and  the  Northampton  com- 
mittee to  whom  the  subject  was  referred,  reported  that 
"the  petitioners  with  their  lands,  together  with  those  from 
Southampton  who  wished  to  join  them,  would  make  a 
respectable  parish,  or  town,  and  be  fully  sufficient  to  sup- 
port the  charges  incident  thereto.''  But  it  was  not  till  the 
summer  of  1785  that  the  long  sought  act  of  incorporation 
was  granted. 

So  strong  had  been  the  conviction  that  it  would  soon 
be  secured,  that  certain  individuals  had  already  made  prep- 
aration for  the  erection  of  a  frame   building  for  use  as  a 


HISTORICAL    ADDRESS. 


meeting  house,  and  in  the  spring  of  1785  the  frame  was  put 
up.  No  sooner  was  there  a  town  competent  to  act  in  such 
matters,  than,  true  to  their  declared  religious  purpose,  they 
voted  at  their  first  business  meeting  to  provide  a  place  for 
public  worship,  and  for  that  purpose  to  purchase  the  frame 
already  erected,  and  complete  the  building.  It  was  53  by 
42  feet,  with  galleries,  well  finished,  but  without  either  bell 
or  steeple.  Above  the  high  pulpit  was  a  massive  sounding 
board  supported  by  a  projecting  human  hand  as  it  were, 
and  many  were  the  youthful  listeners  who  during  the  ser- 
mon fell  to  speculating  on  the  consequences  to  the  preacher 
in  case  the  hand  should  let  go  its  hold.  The  finish  was 
not  given  till  1792.  Temporary  benches  until  then  served 
the  purpose  of  the  people. 

The  church  was  organized  Thursday,  Nov.  17,  1785. 
The  number  of  original  members  was  72,  46  of  whom  were 
dismissed  from  the  old  church  in  Northampton  on  the  pre- 
vious Sabbath.  The  other  26  came  mostly  from  Southamp- 
ton. There  were  34  males  and  38  females,  as  follows: — 
Aaron,  Benjamin.  Jonathan  and  Joseph  Clapp;  John,  Elea- 
zer  and  Joel  Hannum;  Elijah.  Stephen  and  Eliakim 
Wright;  Enos  and  Eldad  Pomeroy;  Jonathan  Wolcott; 
Ezra  Ludden:  Obadiah,  Jonathan  and  Samuel  Janes;  Da- 
vid, Lemuel  and  Benjamin  Lyman;  Philip,  Obadiah,  Asa- 
hel  and  Job  Clark;  Jonathan  Davis;  Josiah  and  William 
Phelps;  Jonathan  Bartlett;  Daniel  Alexander;  Solomon 
Ferry;  Rufus  Brown;  Joel  Parsons;  Zebediah  and  Elisha 
Alvord.  All  these  with  their  wives  except  Eliakim  Wright, 
Benjamin  Lyman.  Eldad  Pomeroy,  William  Phelps.  Zebe- 
diah and  Elisha  Alvord  and  Joel  Hannum.  There  were 
also  the  wives  of  John.  Aaron  and  Levi  Clapp,  Seth  Han- 
num, John  Brown,  Ephraim  Danks,  Noah  Janes  and  Solo- 
mon Pomeroy,  and  the  widows  Submit  Clapp  and  Abigail 
Danks,  the  latter  with  her  daughter  Abigail. 

As  illustrating  the  custom  of  those  days  as  to  the 
church  membership  of  young  people,  it  will  be  interesting 
to  note  that  of  the  72  there  was  only  one  unmarried  female, 
and  she  at  that  time  was  44  years  of  age.  The  youngest  of 
the  men  was  probably  Eliakim  Wright,  who  was  29  years 
of  age.  The  advanced  age  to  which  most  of  these  lived  is 
also  worthy  of  note.     (See  Church  Register.) 

These  met  in  the  public  house  of  Capt.  Joseph  Clapp. 
There  were  present  four  pastors,  who  had  been  invited  by 
a  committee  of  those  who  proposed  the  organization  of  the 
new  church.  Besides  the  pastors  of  the  two  mother 
churches.  Revs.  Solomon  Williams  of  Northampton  and 
Jonathan  Judd  of  Southampton,  there  were  Revs.  Enoch 
Hale  of  Westhampton  and  Joseph  Strong  of  Williamsburg. 
Certificates  of    the  church  membership  and  good  standing 


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of  the  70  were  produced.  Then  the  male  members  signed 
the  confession  of  faith  and  the  covenant  which  had  been 
prepared.  (See  Confessions  and  Covenants.)  Then  a  public 
lecture  was  attended,  after  which  the  males  and  such  of  the 
females  as  were  present  gave  their  public  assent  and  con- 
sent to  the  said  confession  and  covenant,  on  which  they 
were  declared  and  recognized  as  a  distinct  and  regular 
church  of  Christ.  Then  they  chose  Mr.  Stephen  Wright 
for  their  moderator  and  Capt.  Philip  Clark  for  their  clerk. 

They  also  "voted  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mod- 
erator, upon  written  application  of  seven  brethren  for  a 
church  meeting,  stating  the  reasons  for  it,  to  warn  one." 

So  runs  the  record  of  that,  to  us,  most  memorable  meet- 
ing, a  record  signed  by  the  four  pastors  called  for  the 
purpose  of  organization. 

So  far  as  we  have  any  record,  the  first  business  meeting 
was  held  Jan.  18,  1786,  at  which  they  chose  as  deacons 
Stephen  Wright  and  Capt.  Philip  Clark"  the  latter  of  whom, 
however,  appears  to  have  declined  to  serve.  After  a  short 
time,  June  21st  of  the  same  year,  they  chose  Benjamin 
Lyman  for  their  other  deacon,  it  having  been  the  original 
intention  to  have  three.  The  deacons  were  then  made  the 
standing  committee.  Upon  the  declination  of  Capt.  Philip 
Clark  as  clerk  and  member  of  committee  in  1788,  Obadiah 
Janes  was  made  deacon  and  member  of  committee  and 
Dea.  Stephen  Wright  clerk. 

So  the  church  was  organized  and  equipped  with  offi- 
cers— except  that  it  was  yet  without  a  pastor. 

Mr.  Williston  records  that  even  before  the  erection  of 
the  church  edifice,  in  the  year  of  the  organization,  they 
had,  occasionally  at  first,  and  afterwards  more  steadily, 
employed  men  to  preach.  If  so  before  the  church  organi- 
zation and  edifice,  much  more  would  it  have  been  the  case 
ever  after.  Who  the  men  were  I  find  no  record  or  mention 
saving  that  they  hired  Rev.  Aaron  Walworth  in  the  year  of 
organization  and  afterwards  gave  him  a  call  which  he  saw 
fit  to  decline.  Who  he  was,  whence  he  came,  whither  he 
went,  how  long  he  preached,  I  am  unable  to  say.  Later, 
a  Mr.  Holt  was  hired  to  preach. 

But  the  most  eventful  day  in  the  century  under  review- 
to  this  church,  next  after  organization,  if  even  that  should 
be  excepted,  was  probably  that  on  which  the  people  decided 
to  extend  a  call  to  Mr.  Payson  Williston,  then  a  young  man 
of  26,  a  native  of  West  Haven,  Ct.  son  of  Rev.  Noah  Wil- 
liston, and  on  his  mother's  side  connected  with  the  family  of 
Payson,  a  family  of  ministers,  the  child  of  godly  parents,  ear- 
ly converted  to  God,  in  youth  united  with  the  church,  while 
in  college  a  volunteer  soldier  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution, 
a  graduate  of  Yale  in  the  class  of  1783,  a  student  of   divin- 


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ity  with  the  eminent  Dr.  Trumbull  of  West  Haven,  licensed 
to  preach  at  21  years  of  age,  preaching  for  3  or  4  years  in 
vacant  parishes  before  being  willing  to  consider  a  call  to  a 
life  pastorate.  At  length  when  he  was  ready  the  call  came 
to  him  from  this  church,  it  having  been  voted  April  2,  1789. 
Mr.  Williston,  after  considering  the  matter,  responded 
favorably  and  was  ordained  to  the  work  of  the  gospel 
ministry  here  Aug.  13th.  1789. 

In  preparation  for  this  most  important  event — the  estab- 
lishment of  a  life  pastorate— the  church  set  apart  a  day 
for  fasting  and  prayer.  The  committee  in  charge  of  the 
services  connected  with  ordination,  on  the  part  of  the 
church,  were  the  deacons  Stephen  Wright. Benjamin  Lyman, 
Obadiah  Janes,  together  with  Lemuel  Lyman  and  Philip 
Clark. 

The  next  year  he  married  and  brought  to  the  parson- 
age Miss  Sarah  Birdseye  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Nathan  Birdseye. 

"With  this  amiable  wife  of  his  youth,'"  says  Dr.  Wood- 
bridge,  "whose  sound  sense,  industry  and  prudence  ren- 
dered her  a  great  blessing  to  her  family,  Dr.  Williston  lived 
happily  for  nearly  fifty -five  years."  Her  death  occurred  in 
1845. 

Of  him  as  a  preacher  Dr.  Woodbridge  thus  speaks: — 
"His  doctrinal  views  accorded  with  those  of  the  Puritans 
of  former  days,  and  the  gospel  which  he  believed,  he 
preached  with  plainness,  with  variety  and  fullness  of  illus- 
tration, and  not  seldom  with  tears  and  with  voice  choked 
with  emotion.  Though  he  had  not  the  compass  and  inflec- 
tion of  voice  which  are  generally  supposed  to  pertain  to 
eloquent  speaking,  yet  his  manner  was  dignified  and  sol- 
emn, not  tarnished  by  even  the  smallest  appearance  of 
display  or  affectation.  The  matter  was  uniformly  weighty 
and  could  not  fail  to  interest  all  who  loved  the  gospel  and 
who  sought  in  a  sermon  for  instruction  and  deep  spirit- 
uality, rather  than  flights  of  poetic  fancy  or  the  tricks  of  a 
studied  oratory.  He  prepared  his  discourses  with  care  and 
was  felicitous  in  the  arrangement  of  his  thoughts,  and  the 
perspicuity  and  directness  with  which  he  expressed  and 
enforced  them.  He  was  a  man  of  great  modesty,  of  gen- 
uine courtesy,  a  judicious  counselor,  a  peacemaker,  a 
faithful  pastor.  The  history  of  his  life  here  is  so  well 
known  and  has  been  so  many  times  told  that  I  need  not 
enlarge  upon  it  in  this  address. 

There  was  however  one  episode  in  it  which  taken  in  its 
connection  is  of  interest,  ie.,  his  connection  with  the  early 
home  missionary  work  of  the  county. 

In  the  year  1798  the  pastor  of  one  of  the  churches  of 
Connecticut  in  returning  thanks  to  God  for  a  blessing  on 


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his  own  people,  declared  that,  standing  at  the  front  door  of 
his  house  he  could  "number  fifty  or  sixty  congregations 
laid  down  in  one  field  of  divine  wonders/'  Within  two 
years  of  that  time  one  hundred  and  fifty  such  revivals 
were  reported  among  the  churches  of  New  England.  West- 
ern Massachusetts  shared  very  largely  that  work  of  grace. 

This  heightened  religious  life,  together  with  a  wave  of 
missionary  influence  which  swept  across  the  Atlantic  from 
the  Mother  Country,  brought  forth. in  1797  and  1798  respect- 
ively, the  two  societies  of  which  the  senior  Dr.  Storrs  in 
1849  said,  "Wherever  the  birthplace  of  foreign  missions, 
and  whatever  their  aliment  in  their  infancy,  they  were 
dandled  on  the  knees  of  the  Massachusetts  and  Connecti- 
cut Missionary  societies  while  they  were  yet  feeble." 

The  pastors  and  Christian  people  of  this  valley  were  not 
behind  those  of  any  other  region  in  their  zeal  for  the 
spread  of  the  gospel,  and,  accordingly,  they  organized  the 
Hampshire  Missionary  Society  in  1802  when  Mr.  Williston 
had  been  thirteen  years  in  his  pastorate.  The  society  had 
a  long  and  honorable  history. 

Its  first  president  was  that  most  distinguished  statesman. 
Gov.  Caleb  Strong  of  Northampton,  who  was  succeeded  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Joseph  Lyman  of  Hatfield,  who  afterwards  was 
one  of  the  founders  and  first  corporate  members  of  the 
American  Board,  and  its  third  President.  Its  first  Record- 
ing Secretary  was  Rev.  Payson  Williston,  who  held  the 
office  sixteen  years  or  more.  Among  its  early  trustees 
were  Rev.  Drs.  Lathrop  of  West  Springfield.  Storrs  of 
Longmeadow,  Parsons  of  Amherst,  and  Williams  of  North- 
ampton. Its  funds  were  derived  from  direct  contributions 
from  the  churches,  from  the  female  charitable  societies, 
which  were  organized  in  nearly  all  the  churches,  from  out- 
side gifts,  and  from  collections  taken  by  its  missionaries. 
It  was  a  home  missionary  society  "laboring  among  the  in- 
fant and  destitute  settlements  of  this  country.*'  The  "in- 
fant settlements"  in  which,  in  its  early  history,  this  society 
chiefly  labored  were  in  Maine  and  Central  New  York,  more 
distant  from  this  valley,  in  hours  of  travel  and  more  diffi- 
cult of  access  than  are  Dakota  and  Utah  to-day.  The  ear- 
ly missionaries  were  itinerant  preachers.  They  would 
cover  two  or  three  counties  in  a  summer's  labor,  preaching 
not  only  on  the  Sabbath  but  averaging  at  least  one  sermon 
a  day  besides.  They  also  visited  families  and  schools  on 
religious  errands,  visited  the  sick,  buried  the  dead,  admin- 
istered the  sacraments,  organized  churches,  and  sought  in 
every  way  to  heighten  the  religious  life  of  the  regions  vis- 
ited. At  least  seven  local  pastors  were  temporarily  re- 
leased from  their  charges  for  this  work,  viz:  Pastors  T.  M. 
Cooley  of  Granville  in  1803,  Vinson  Gould  of  Southampton 


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and  Joel  Hayes  of  South  Hadleyin  1804.  Parson  Williston 
in  L805,  Joseph  Blodgett  of  Greenwich  in  18C6,  Alvan  San- 
derson of  Ashfield  in  1807,  and  John  Woodbridge  of  Had- 
ley  in  L808. 

Mr.  Williston's  field  of  labor  was  in  Chenango  and 
Onondaga  counties  in  New  York. — the  region  of  Syracuse. 
— a  section  which  Mr.  Cooler  had  traversed  in  1803  and  Mr. 
Hayes  in  1804.  Mr.  Williston  had  for  his  companion,  his 
Barnabas.  Rev.  Thomas  H.  Wood,  who  the  year  before  had 
been  in  Maine  with  Mr.  Gould.  Of  him  the  Society's  re- 
port says.  "He  rode  1400  miles,  preached  70  times,  visited 
300  families,  and  11  schools,  distributing  books  and  doing 
Christian  work  generally.""  and  it  was  added  of  Mr,  Wil- 
liston that  he  "was  not  less   active,  laborious  and  faithful.*' 

Among  other  things  it  was  related  that  these  two  mis- 
sionaries had  a  friendly  interview  with  the  New  Stockbridge 
Indians  under  the  care  of  Rev  Mr.  Sargent,  who  had  fol- 
lowed Jonathan  Edwards  in  Old  Stockbridge  as  their  mis- 
sionary. With  Mr.  Sargent  they  had  some  conference  as  to 
a  possible  mission  to  the  Miamis  and  Delawares.  Referring 
to  this  visit  the  trustees  say,  "the  friends  of  eouls  are 
earnestly  looking  for  the  time  when  a  wider  door  may  be 
opened  to  preach  the  everlasting  gospel."  This  was  shortly 
before  these  same  trustees  united  with  others,  to  form  the 
Hampshire  Foreign  Missionary  Society.  What  doors  have 
since  been  opened  in  the  world  which  was  then  such  a  terra 
incognita,  With  this  missionary  spirit  burning  in  his 
breast,  it  may  well  be  believed  that  Mr.  Williston  would  use 
all  endeavor  to  keep  his  people  alive  to  the  interests  of  the 
Redeemer's  kingdom. 

For  44  years  this  rare  man  faithfully  performed  the 
duties  of  an  ambassador  of  God.  in  this  his  chosen  field  of 
labor.  At  the  age  of  70,  while  still  in  the  enjoyment  of  the 
fullest  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  people,  he  withdrew 
from  the  active  duties  of  the  ministry,  sending  to  the  town, 
which  had  joined  the  church  in  voting  him  a  call,  a  letter 
resigning  his  charge.  No  meeting  of  the  church  appears  to 
have  been  held.  The  business  was  done  exclusively  by  the 
town.  Mr.  Williston  rather  apologizes  for  placing  upon 
the  church  records  his  letter  and  the  doings  of  the  town 
thereupon,  saying  that  he  does  it  "not  because  they  are 
exclusively  the  doings  of  the  pastor  and  church,  but  be- 
cause they  have  a  close  bearing  upon  both,  and  because  it 
is  thought  they  may  be  of  advantage  to  those  who  may 
con^  after  in  leading  them  to  the  knowledge  of  some 
facts  of  importance  to  be  preserved." 

The  letter  of  resignation  which  is  printed  in  the  His- 
tory of  Easthampton.  was  presented  to  the  town  at  a  meet- 
ing held  March  11.  1833. 


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A  committee  of  eleven,  who  were  largely  church  mem- 
bers, was  appointed  to  consider  the  matter  and  report  at  a 
subsequent  meeting  of  the  town.  The  committee  were 
Dea.  Thaddeus  Clapp,  John  Ludden,  Esq.,  Stephen  Hen- 
drick,  Solomon  Lyman,  Lemuel  Lyman,  Daniel  Lyman, 
Paul  Hannum,  Luke  Janes,  Levi  White,  John  Hannum 
and  Levi  Clapp.  They  recommended  that  the  same  amount 
of  money  as  usual  should  be  raised  of  which  Mr.  Williston 
was  to  have  one  moiety,  or  half,  and  more  than  half  if  he 
should  supply  the  pulpit  more  than  half  the  time,  and  that 
he  be  associated  with  the  committee  in  the  call  and  set- 
tlement of  a  successor  who  was,  if  possible,  to  be  obtained 
within  three  months.  But  though  his  official  relation  to 
the  people  was  thus  sundered,  Mr.  Williston  continued  to 
reside  here  till  his  death  at  the  age  of  02.  He  loved  the 
people  whom  he  had  served,  till  the  last,  and  was  accus- 
tomed to  visit  among  them,  bringing  counsel  and  consola- 
tion, even  as  when  he  was  their  pastor,  and  he  was  also 
in  noteworthy  manner  the  friend  and  supporter  of  all  his 
successors  in  office   so  long  as  he  lived. 

For  several  years  he  was  the  sole  survivor  of  his  class 
and  for  some  time  he  was  the  oldest  graduate  of  Yale, 
from  which  institution  he  received  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
His  work  on  earth  ended  Jan.  30,  1856.  But  in  the  charac- 
ter of  the  people  he  trained  in  the  church,  to  which  he 
ministered  so  long  and  faithfully,  in  his  noble  record,  and 
in  the  work  of  the  sons  whom  he  gave  to  the  world,  his 
influence  has  outlived  him  and  will  last  through  the  com- 
ing generations. 

Mr.  Williston  and  the  committee  were  so  successful 
in  their  search  for  a  candidate  that  a  call  was  extended  to 
Mr.  William  Bement  of  Ashfield,  the  church  this  time  by 
itself  taking  the  initiative  and  voting  unanimously  in  fa- 
vor of  the  call  at  a  meeting  held  Aug.  12,  1833.  When  the 
question  of  financial  support  had  been  satisfactorily  ad- 
justed the  call  was  accepted,  and  the  ordination  occurred 
Oct.  16,  1833,  the  council  first  dismissing  Mr.  Williston. 
Mr.  Bement  was  at  this  time  27  years  of  age,  a  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  and  Princeton,  "with  unusual  promise  of  use- 
fulness by  reason  of  thorough  scholarship,  patient  indus- 
try, persevering  energy,  fine  intellectual  ability  and  ardent 
piety." 

The  facts  in  regard  to  this  pastorate  have  been  pub- 
lished and  are  accessible  to  all,  so  that  they  need  not  be 
here  lengthily  rehearsed.  It  continued  17  years,  as  the 
dismissing  council  said  "with  very  great  fidelity  and  with 
unusual  success."  At  its  close  the  church  voted  the  unan- 
imous assurance  that  "his  departure  was  neither  antici- 
pated  nor   desired   by  them,  that   they   esteem   him   very 


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highly  in  love,  hold  his  services  in  most  grateful  remem- 
brance and  cordially  approve  the  views  which  he  enter- 
tained of  the  Christian  ministry  and  of  the  efforts  he  has 
made  to  extend  the  kingdom  of  the  Redeemer."  He  was 
the  last  pastor  here  whose  entire  ministry  was  given  to  the 
whole  people,  whom  he  regarded  with  an  abiding  affection 
quite  remarkable  for  its  intensity,  an  affection  which  sep- 
aration never  quenched.  His  dismission  occurred  Apr. 
9,  1850.  He  subsequently  removed  to  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  where, 
as  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  he 
"at  once  commanded  the  highest  respect  of  the  entire 
community,  as  a  well  trained,  sound,  Scriptural  preacher 
of  the  gospel,  and  as  a  faithful,  attentive  and  most 
acceptable  pastor.*'  As  his  Elmira  successor,  Rev. 
Thomas  K.  Beecher,  said  of  him  at  his  death,  ''He  possessed 
a  clear  cut,  logical  mind.  By  his  College  and  Seminary 
training  it  became  a  necessity  with  him  to  see  the  lines  of 
truth  and  duty  sharply  defined.  His  sermons  march  fault- 
lessly from  text  to  doctrine,  from  premise  to  conclusion." 
Later,  for  five  or  six  years,  he  labored  in  the  ministry  in 
Smithport,  N.  Y. ,  and  still  later  as  superintendent  of  city 
schools  in  Elmira,  "to  which  he  brought  excellent  scholar- 
ship, sound  judgment,  and  unwearying  industry."  His 
health  failing,  he  removed  to  Jersey  City,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  business,  hoping  that  thereby  he  might  secure 
physical  benefit;  but  his  ill  health  continued,  including 
great  mental  depression  at  times.  In  one  such  season  he 
left  his  home,  passed  through  New  York  City,  to  the  upper 
part,  where  in  a  grove  near  the  Convent  of  the  Sa- 
cred Heart,  alone  with  God,  he  laid  himself  down,  his 
strength  exhausted,  and  God  took  him  home. 

These  two  pastors  served  the  church  sixty -one  years 
of  its  first  century.  Three  others  who  still  live  and"  hap- 
pily are  with  us  to-day,  divide  between  them  the  remainder 
of  the  years. 

His  successor,  Rev.  Rollin  S.  Stone,  was  installed 
Oct.  8th,  1850.  Two  years  later  the  division  of  the  church 
occurred,  in  anticipation  of  which  Mr  Stone  gave  notice 
that  he  should  resign  his  charge.  Called  subsequently  to 
become  pastor  of  the  new  church,  his  most  excellent  rec- 
ord in  this  place  was  made  principally  as  the  first  pastor  of 
our  daughter  church.     He  was  dismissed  July  26.  1852. 

Of  any  earlier  pastor  I  have  little  recollection  while  hold- 
ing office.  Mr.  Stone's  visits  to  my  home  I  recall.  His  ser- 
mons I  remember  less,  except  as  preached  during  his  later 
pastorate  here.  I  remember  him  especially  in  the  maternal 
meetings,  which  were  perhaps  the  successors  of  the  meet- 
ings of  that  Maternal  Society  organized  in  Mr.  Bement's 
ministry,  of  which  first  my   father's   mother.    Mrs.    Daniel 


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Lyman,  and  afterwards  Mrs.  Bement  was  president. 

Of  this  great  crisis  in  the  history  of  the  church  I  can- 
not speak  at  length.  Until  the  coming  of  Mr.  Colton.  it 
seemed  almost  as  though  it  would  be  the  destruction  of  the 
old  church.  In  such  separations  usually  the  strength  re- 
mains, but  in  this  case  the  strength  had  apparently  de- 
parted. Hon.  Samuel  Williston,  a  deacon  of  the  church,  had 
even  then  for  years  been  the  leading  financial  factor  in  the 
solution  of  any  Easthampton  problem.  He  was  the  heart 
of  the  new  enterprise.  His  business  lieutenants.  Knight 
and  Sawyer,  had  gone  with  him.  The  institution  he  had 
founded,  with  its  students  and  its  faculty,  followed  suit. 
The  organist  and  choir  leader,  and.  lastly,  to  crown  the 
calamity  to  the  old  church,  the  pastor;  all  these  and  with 
them  many  other  leading  families.  Almost  all  the  strong 
financial  props  of  the  church  were  failing  it.  The  old 
pastor,  Williston,  however,  stood  by  his  chinch  till  he  was 
transferred  to  the  church  triumphant. 

What  could  the  remnant  do  in  such  dire  straits  ?  So 
reduced  was  their  ability  that  they  were  ready  to  die. 

Still  there  were  some  resolute  people  who  were  bound 
that  the  church  should  live  if  possible,  and  they  prayerfully 
and  anxiously  set  out  in  search  of  a  pastor  who  should 
gather  up  the  fragments  and  save  the  church  of  the  fathers 
from  dissolution.  Beyond  all  question,  these  men  were 
guided  of  the  Lord  in  their  search.  They  found  the  right 
man.  After  months  of  anxious  waiting  and  seeking, 
they  secured  him,  and  in  so  doing  secured  one  whose 
ministry  of  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  was 
their  salvation.  The  name  and  face  and  voice  of  this 
pastor  come  at  once  before  your  minds. 

Taking  the  church  in  a  most  critical  time  in  its  history, 
Mr.  Colton's  coming  brought  hope  and  determination  to 
the  hearts  of  the  much  dispirited  people.  His  continuance 
so  long  was  a  benediction  and  a  blessing.  More  than 
one  crisis  did  the  church  pass  through  in  those  years. 
But  with  God's  blessing  on  the  good  work  of  a  wise  pilot 
and  a  faithful  crew,  the  good  ship  weathered  every 
storm.  Of  one  crisis  I  was  in  a  way  to  know  especially. 
Before  the  church  was  removed  to  its  present 
location,  a  burdensome  debt  had  accumulated.  A  parish 
meeting  was  held,  but  no  light  came  on  the  dark 
problem.  My  father.  Daniel  F.  Lyman,  came  home  and 
talked  the  situation  over  with  his  wife.  The  next  day  he 
set  out  with  a  subscription  paper,  went  to  his  friends.  Dea. 
E.  W.  Hannmn.  Sidney  Ferry  and  Augustus  Clapp,  and 
got  them  to  pledge  $200  each  towards  the  extinguishment 
of  the  debt.  He  then  put  his  own  name  down  for  what 
was  to  him  a  large  sum.  and.  leaving  his   pressing  work. 


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spent  two  weeks  among  the  people,  and  wiped  out  the  debt. 
I  hope  I  do  not  give  him  too  much  credit.  If  the  church 
has  since  seen  a  darker  day  than  the  day  of  that  parish 
meeting  I  do  not  know  it.  I  know  it  has  had  debts  since, 
and  generous  givers  and  willing  workers,  whom  you  know 
better  than  I  do.  Such  the  church  must  have  perpetually 
if  it  would  live  and  grow. 

As  to  the  relation  between  the  mother  church  and  its 
child,  whose  separation  caused  the  mother  so  much  pain, 
and  brought  her  so  nigh  to  death, — quite  to  death,  perhaps, 
had  it  not  been  for  the  good  Providence  of  God,  the 
gifts  and  graces,  and  the  fine  fitness  to  the  situation  of  his 
minister  whom  he  sent  to  do  his  work  with  this  church, — 
as  to  the  relation  between  the  mother  church  and  its 
daughter,  the  Payson  church,  I  shall  let  Mr.  Colton,  who 
knows  better  than  any  other,  speak. 

"In  coming  to  labor  here  it  impressed  me  as  a  matter 
of  very  great  importance  to  cultivate,  by  any  and  all  proper 
means,  relations  of  friendship  between  the  two  societies. 
The  situation  was  peculiar.  A  spark  might  kindle  a  flame. 
Happily  this  wish  and  endeavor  has  been  generously 
reciprocated  by  the  Payson  church  and  people.  It  deserves 
record  that  in  all  this  quarter  century  there  has  been 
between  them  and  us  none  other  but  relations  of  peace  and 
harmony,  without  a  ripple  or  shadow  of  disturbance  or 
unpleasantness.  "* 

It  is  a  matter  of  rejoicing  that  the  pleasantness  of  their 
relations  still  continues,  and,  I  am  confident,  is  not  likely  to 
be  ruptured.  These  brothers  in  unity,  the  present  pastors 
of  the  two  churches,  will,  I  know,  seek  the  maintainance 
of  this  cordiality  of  relation. 

In  compliance  with  a  request  to  give  "the  time  and 
manner  of  his  dismission,"  Mr.  Colton  writes  as  follows:— 

"Having  passed  the  seventieth  anniversary  of  my 
birth,  and  in  accordance  with  a  purpose  long  cherished,  I 
tendered  the  resignation  of  my  pastoral  charge, — Septem- 
ber 7th,  1879,— the  same  to  take  effect  at  the  close  of  the 
then  current  calendar  year.  In  that  communication  it  was 
given  me  to  say:  'I  am  not  prompted  to  this  step  by  any, 
the  least,  sign' or  symptom"  of  unfriendliness  toward  me, 
or  of  desire  for  the  change.  If  there  be  among  this  people 
a  single  individual  who  harbors  toward  me,  or  my  family, 
or  my  ministry  here,  any  feeling  other  than  of  cordial 
good  will,  I  do  not  know  of  it,  and  have  no  idea  of  it.  I 
am  glad  and  grateful  to  have  it  so.  The  remembrance  of 
it  will  be  a  solace  and  a  joy  to  me  when  the  formal  relation 
between  us  shall  have  ceased.' 

*See  ''Quarter  Century  Anniversary, ''  page  29. 


16  HISTORICAL   ADDRESS. 

"On  September  20th  the  church  and  parish  voted  to 
comply  with  my  request  for  a  release  from  my  pastoral 
charge.  At  the  same  meetings,  committees  were  appointed 
to  prepare  and  present  a  series  of  resolutions  expressive  of  the 
the  feelings  of  the  church  toward  the  retiring  pastor. 

"On  Nov.  4th  committees  from  the  church  and  parish 
requested  me  to  continue  in  full  my  relations  and  labors 
till  March  2d,  1880,— thus  filling  out  27  years  of  my  pastorate 
here. 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  church,  called  for  the  purpose, 
February  26th,  1880,  the  report  on  resolutions  expressive  of 
the  feelings  of  the  church  toward  the  pastor  about  to  retire, 
was  presented.  The  closing  of  this  report  is  in  these 
words:— 'And  the  wish  may  be  added,  that  no  further 
sundering  of  any  tie,  bond  or  relation  shall  take  place  by 
his,  or  our  own  act,  or  that  of  any  council,  until  death, 
which  severs  all  earthly  ties,  shall  transfer  him  from  the 
church  militant  to  the  church  triumphant.' 

"I  was  then  and  afterward  given  to  understand  that 
by  the  'wish,'  so  kindly  expressed,  I  was  desired  to  remain 
with  the  church  as  its  pastor  emeritus.  The  same  desire 
was  expressed  before  the  Council,  on  his  own  part,  by  my 
successor  in  office,  Rev.  William  F.  Bacon,  at  his  installa- 
tion and  my  dismission,  December  1st,  1880.  My  heart 
responded  to  the  kindness  in  the  invitations  thus  given: 
but  I  felt  constrained  to  decline  these  overtures,  wishing, 
as  I  did,  a  full  release,  and  believing,  as  I  did,  and  do  still, 
that  as  a  general  rule  in  such  cases  it  is  best  for  all 
concerned  that  the  incoming  pastor  have  the  field  free  and 
clear  to  himself.  So  felt  and  so  acted  the  first  pastor  of 
the  church,— Rev.  Pay  son  Williston,  of  blessed  memory." 

Of  the  present  ministry  of  this  church,  that  of  Rev. 
W.  F.  Bacon,  called  to  the  pastorate  Aug.  25th.  1880,  I  will 
not  speak,  except  to  say  that  it  has  been  abundantly 
blessed  of  God  to  the  prosperity  of  the  church,  which  iii 
many  ways  has  had  enlargement  granted  it  since  his 
labors  began. 

SALARIES    OF    MINISTERS. 

The  town  offered  Mr.  Williston  £180  settlement  in  four 
annual  payments,  unless  he  wished  to  build,  in  which  case 
he  was  to  have  half  the  settlement  the  first  year.  His  sal- 
ary was  to  be  £60  the  first  year  and  to  increase  at  the  rate 
of  a  pound  a  year  till  it  became  £70.  As  this  did  not  seem 
to  him  a  sufficiency  it  was  made  £65  at  the  outset  and  was 
soon  raised  to  £70,  Along  with  this  he  was  to  have  35 
cords  of  wood  if  he  should  need  as  much.  One  year  he 
was  voted  £20  extra.  When  he  had  been  with  the  church 
nearly  a  score  of  years  he  asked  the  appointment  of  a  com- 


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mittee  to  see  if  the  £70  enabled  him  to  live  equally  with 
the  people.  They  probably  found  upon  inspection  of  his 
pantry  and  wardrobe  that  it  did  not.  At  all  events  they 
added  $40  to  his  £70. 

The  parish  was  organized  according  to  law  April  20th, 
1835,  and  superseded  the  town  as  manager  of  the  secular 
matters  of  the  church.  At  its  first  meeting  $550  was  voted 
for  the  salary  of  Mr.  Bement.  His  salary  remained  about 
the  same  through  his  ministry.  The  salary  "has  gradually 
increased,  with  the  progress  of  the  times  and  of  the  town, 
to  its  present  figure,  of  more  than  three  times  that 
amount." 

THE  PASTORS"  HELPERS. 

I  have  spoken  of  the  appointment  of  the  first  deacons, 
Stephen  Wright,  Benjamin  Lyman  and  Obadiah  Janes, 
who  served  respectively  21,  12  and  19  years.  Their  suc- 
cessors have  been:  Joel  Parsons,  15  years;  Solomon  Ly- 
man, 18;  Thaddeus  Clapp,  33;  Sylvester  Lyman,  20;  Julius 
Hannum,  7;  Itbamar  Clark,  25;  Eleazer  W.  Hannum, 
about  15;  Samuel  Williston,  11;  Luther  Wright  and  E. 
Alonzo  Clark,  elected  in  1857  arid  served  till  death;  Lauren 
D.  Lyman,  J.  H.  Judd,  John  Munyan,  L.  E.  Parsons,  Geo. 
Meserve.  [See  Register  of  Officers.]  Formerly  a  deacon  was 
elected  for  life.  Of  late  the  custom  has  been  to  fix  a  brief 
term  of  years  and  then  reelect,  if  such  be  the  wish  of 
the  church.  The  prevalence  of  this  custom  has  caused 
that  more  persons  have  held  this  office  in  recent  years 
than  in  similar  periods  formerly. 

STANDING  COMMITTEE. 

The  prudential  or  standing  committee  has  been  really 
the  pastor's  cabinet.  Of  this  body  the  deacons  have  not 
generally  been  ex-officio  members,  though  often  elected 
thereto,  as  was  the  case  a  hundred  years  ago  with  the  first 
board.  I  hoped  for  the  making  of  a  tabulated  list  of  the 
membership  of  this  important  board  of  officers,  but  none 
has  been  yet  made.  It  might,  however,  at  least  in  part,  be 
compiled  from  the  records. 

The  present  senior  deacon,  the  chairman  of  this  meet- 
ing, Lauren  D.  Lyman,  has  had  more  experience  in  the 
pastor's  cabinet  than  any  living  member  of  this  church, 
not  unlikely  it  might  be  said  more  than  any  man  has  ever 
had.  He  served  throughout  Mr  Colton's  quarter  century 
and  is  still  serving  with  the  present  pastor. 

CHURCH   EDIFICES. 

The  church  edifice  whose  frame  was  erected  by  indi- 
viduals early  in  1785,  even  before  the  organization  of  the 


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district  or  town,  which  the  town  at  its  first  business  meet- 
ing voted  to  buy,  and  which  for  more  than  fifty  years  served 
the  church  for  purposes  of  public  worship,  stood  on  the 
ground,  now  used  as  a  park,  through  which  the  walk  from 
the  front  door  of  this  edifice  leads.  The  pulpit  stood  for  all 
this  time  at  the  place  now  marked  by  the  large  pulpit  elm 
beside  the  walk. 

The  present  structure  was  erected  in  1836 — 7.  The  cor- 
ner stone  was  laid  June  9th,  1836.  The  house  was  dedica- 
ted March  16th,  1837.     The  original  cost  was  $6000. 

In  the  fall  of  1841,  owing  to  the  establishment  of  Wil- 
liston  Seminary,  and  the  consequent  need  of  more  room,  it 
was  set  back  fifty  feet  to  bring  it  in  line  with  the  Seminary 
buildings.  An  organ  was  introduced  and  enlargement 
was  effected  by  more  spacious  galleries.  In  1865  it  was 
removed  to  the  present  location,  to  give  place  for  the  pres- 
ent North  Hall  of  the  Seminary.  Mr.  Williston  furnishing 
the  new  site,  paying  for  removal,  and  meeting  part  of  the 
expense  of  needed  repairs.  At  that  time  the  interior  was 
remodeled,  the  galleries  lowered,  the  pews  rebuilt,  the 
walls  frescoed,  the  present  pulpit  furniture  introduced  and 
the  organ  recess  constructed,  the  organ  and  choir  having 
formerly  been  located  in  the  rear  gallery.  These  repairs 
cost  upwards  of  $5000.  This,  says  Mr.  Colton  in  his  quar- 
ter century  review  of  his  pastorate,  "was  for  us  a  most 
timely  benefit.  It  helped  to  lift  us  over  an  exigency,  the 
full  peril  of  which  was  not,  perhaps,  known  to  many. 
And  happily  one  improvement  suggested  another,  and 
gave  courage  to  attempt  another, — the  purchase  of  a  new 
organ  and  building  an  organ  loft,  the  removal  of  the 
old  Town  Hall  and  its  fitting  up  for  a  chapel,  etc.  Gener- 
ously had  the  town  given  to  the  old  parish  its  right  and  title 
to  the  hall — a  new  and  needed  thing,  the  chapel,  and  a 
great  gain  and  joy  to  us  when  secured." 

To  me  the  old  Town  Hall,  as  it  was  on  its  old  site,  is 
full  of  sacred  associations.  There  were  held  the  prayer 
meetings  of  my  boyhood,  the  young  people's  meetings  of 
that  first  revival  in  Mr.  Colton's  ministry.  In  recent  years 
this  chapel, — the  heart  of  which,  though  now.  like  all  hearts, 
out  of  sight,  was  the  old  Town  Hall, — this  chapel  has  been 
turned  about  and  lifted  up  and  placed  close  along  side  of 
the  church,  and  so  arranged  as  to  afford  most  excellent 
chapel,  parlor,  dining  room  and  kitchen  accommodations. 

REVIVALS  AND  REVIVALISTS. 

As  to  the  special  outpourings  of  God's  Spirit  much 
might  be  said  with  sufficient  study  of  the  subject. 

Such  a  season  blessed  the  very  first  year  of  Mr.  Willis- 
ton's  ministry,  as  a  result  of  which  some  25  persons  were 


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added  to  the  church  within  about  a  year  of  his  ordination. 
In  reference  to  such  seasons  of  grace,  Mr.  Williston  thus 
spoke  in  his  half  century  sermon.  "I  rejoice  that  in  the 
rich  and  sovereign  mercy  of  God,  the  attention  of  this 
church  and  people,  from  time  to  time,  has  been  called 
in  a  special  manner  to  the  great  concerns  of  their  salva- 
tion by  the  precious  influence  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  shed 
down  upon  them.  These  scenes  of  God's  merciful  visi- 
tation were  all  of  them  precious.  The  most  remarkable  of 
them,  and  when  manifestly  there  was  the  greatest 
ingathering  of  souls,  were  in  the  first  year  of  my  ministry, 
in  1806  when  14  were  added,  in  1816  when  35  were  added,  in 
1823,  66  added,  in  1828,  24  added  and  in  1834,  31  added.  The 
addition  of  '34  was  the  fruit  of  a  revival  which  blessed  the 
first  year  of  Mr.  Bement's  labors.  In  1842  27,  and  in  1843 
34  were  added  to  the  church. 

Within  the  first  year  of  Mr.  Colton's  ministry  a 
remarkable  work  of  grace  also  broke  out,  as  the  immediate 
result  of  which  49  persons  became  members  of  the  church. 

That  season  of  refreshing  I  have  much  occasion  to 
remember,  for  it  brought  into  the  fold,  along  with  myself, 
my  brother,  Daniel  W.  Lyman,  who  gave  his  life  for  his 
country,  my  cousin  and  intimate  companion,  Oliver  A. 
Clark,  who  also  fell  a  victim  to  the  bloody  war,  dying  a 
prisoner  of  war  in  the  Andersonville  stockade,  and  many 
of  those  who  then  were  the  young  people  of  the  parish. 
I  believe  its  first  manifestations  were  in  the  West  District 
school  house  meetings.  Its  methods  were  the  inquiry 
meeting  in  the  pastor's  study,  and  then,  when  more  came, 
in  the  parlors.  There  were,  besides,  the  district  meetings 
and,  at  length,  young  people's  meetings  in  what  was  then 
our  chapel,  the  town  hall. 

In  the  great  awakening  of  '58  this  church  shared 
largely,  52  being  that  year  added.  In  '64  and  '70,  20  were 
each  year  added;  in  '75,  31;  in  '78,  25.  These  are  some  of 
the  fruits  of  Mr.  Colton's  work  of  a  quarter  century 
and  more. 

The  present  pastorate  has  been  blessed  with  additions 
at  every  communion  service,  either  by  profession  or  by 
letter.  In  the  present  year  more  have  been  added  than 
during  any  previous  year  of  the  church's  history.  In  this 
revival  the  pastor  had  the  aid  of  Rev.  R.  S.  Underwood, 
whose  work  in  Hampshire  county  was  so  abundantly 
blessed  of  God  last  winter. 

The  next  largest  addition  to  the  church  was  in  the 
year  1823,  the  number  being  66.  That  ingathering  was 
the  result  of  a  revival  in  which  the  pastor,  Mr.  Williston, 
had  the  aid  of  an  evangelist,  Rev.  Joshua  Danforth,  who 
was  afterwards  settled  at  Washington,  Lee,  and  elsewhere. 


HISTORICAL   ADDRESS. 


The  church  gave  itself  with  earnestness  to  this  special 
effort,  which  opened  in  the  fall  of  1822,  holding  a  fast  at 
the  outset  of  it.  Dea.  Ithamar  Clark  was  one  of  the  fruits 
of  that  revival,  as  was  also  Dea.  E.  W.  Hannum.  The 
summer  before  Dea.  Clark  had  a  narrow  escape  from 
drowning,  being  saved  by  Samuel  Phelps.  That  experience 
was  the  means  of  his  conversion.  In  that  revival,  as  in 
some  of  the  others,  household  meetings  were  held.  The 
boys  held  meetings  in  the  school  house  in  the  West  District 
for  some  time,  which  were  attended  with  much  interest, 
though  with  some  excitement  which  did  not  endure.  Later 
in  Mr.  Williston's  ministry  came  what  has  been  known 
as  "the  Truair  affair." 

Rev.  John  Truair  was  a  Spaniard  of  full  blood,  a  man 
of  dark  complexion,  black  hair,  piercing  eye.  a  man  in 
early  life  taught  to  swear,  who  did  not  learn  to  read  till  he 
became  a  man,  but  who,  upon  his  conversion,  became  a 
preacher  of  quite  marked  power.  Re  was  connected  with 
the  Finney  school,  knowing  Finney  well.  He  came  to  this 
region  from  the  state  of  New  York,  being,  introduced  here,  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Gould,  of  Southampton. early  in  the  winter  of  1 826  ! . 
Between  20  and  30  conversions  are  credited  as  the  result  of 
his  labors  here,  very  few  of  them  apparently  spurious.  He 
was  argumentative,  forcible  and  impressive  in  public 
address.  His  influence  affected  favorably  the  more  spir- 
itual element  of  the  church  until  things  began  to  be  said  to 
his  discredit.  He  ultimately  lost  the  confidence  and  sup- 
port of  the  local  ministry.  Pastors  Williston,  tlale.  and 
Gould  were  against  him.  He  set  some  uneducated,  indis- 
creet young  men  afloat  in  the  community,  giving  them  a 
sort  of  license  to  preach.  The  pastors  came  to  regard  him 
as  a  man  whose  influence  was  not  safe.  As  a  result  of  this 
coldness  he  was  led  to  launch  out  independently  and  to 
form  a  society  in  Westhampton.  A  few  persons  left  this 
church  and  joined  him. 

THE   SERVICE   OF   SONG. 

Mindful  of  the  duty  to  praise  the  Lord  with  the  voice 
of  song,  this  church,  upon  the  very  day  on  which  they 
committed  themselves  to  the  ministry  of  Mi-.  Williston.  in 
case  he  should  accept  their  call,  appointed  choristers  to  lead 
in  this  part  of  the  divine  service.  This  is  the  record  of  that 
eventful  day's  doings.  April  2d,  1789,  ''The  church  invited 
Mr.  Payson  Willision  to  settle  in  the  ministry  in  Fast- 
hampton."  That  meant  a  vast  deal  more  to  Easthampton 
than  they  knew,  or  even  conjectured,  though  they  knew  it 
was  a  solemn  act  and  full  of  consequence.  The  record 
adds  "•They  also  voted  Silas  Brown.  Jr..  Zadoc  Danks  and 
Eliakim  Clark  for  their  choristers."     In  those  days  1  sup- 


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pose  the  only  musical  instrument  allowed  in  the  sanctuary 
was  the  pitch  pipe  for  "raising  the  tune."  Notwith- 
standing the  Davidic  musical  regime  in  the  temple  service 
with  its  multiplicity  of  musical  instruments,  notwith- 
standing the  injunction  of  the  Old  Testament  Scriptures  to 
"praise  the  Lord  with  the  psaltery,  and  harp,  and  with  the 
sound  of  the  cornet,"  the  musical  instruments  have  had  to 
make  their  way  into  our  sanctuaries  in  spite  often  of 
hitter  opposition. 

In  this  church,  for  example,  five  years  after  Mr. 
Willistoii's  ordination.  Aug.  25th,  1794,  it  was  voted  to 
introduce  the  bass  viol  and  "that  it  be  used  in  the  singing, 
the  two  middle  singings  excepted."  It  seems,  however,  that 
either  public  sentiment  or  a  general  vote  ejected  "the 
base  institution."  and  two  years  later,  Dec.  7th,  l?9l>,  it  was 
again  voted  that  the  bass  viol  be  brought  into  the  church. 
The  unsanctified  thing,  however,  so  grieved  one  of  the 
members  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  that  he  joined  the 
Baptists  and  built  a  church  at  West  Farms,  largely  from 
his  own  funds.  But  the  musical  instruments  finally  won 
the  day  and  became  consecrated  to  the  service  of  the  Lord. 
The  bass  viol  player,  not  of  this,  but  of  a  somewhat  later 
date,  according  to  the  early  recollections  of  the  oldest 
inhabitants,  was  Edson  White.  Stebbins  Clapp,  double 
bass;  Lysander  White,  violin;  and  Lowell  E.  Janes,  flute; 
made  up  with  him  the  orchestral  quartette. 

How  long  the  choristers  first  chosen  served  I  have  not 
ascertained,  neither  do  I  know  who  immediately  succeeded 
them,  but,  according  to  the  recollection  of  Dea,  Lyman  and 
others,  the  choristers  from  about  1820  on  were  in  nearly 
the  following  order:  Joel  Parsons,  Levi  White,  Ralph 
Parsons,  son  of  Joel,  Jason  Janes,  Horatio  G.  Knight, 
Lysander  White.  Stephen  Rogers  of  Southampton,  who 
for  quite  a  time  was  hired  to  lead  the  singing  here,  Harris 
Bartholomew,  whose  store  stood  on  the  bank  of  the  canal 
in  the  house,  converted  since  into  a  dwelling,  and  for  many 
years  occupied  by  Lafayette  Clapp,  just  north  of  the 
covered  bridge.  One  of  the  recollections  of  my  early  life, 
is  of  seeing  canal  boats  loading  and  unloading  at  the  store 
of  Harris  Bartholomew,  the  church  chorister.  He  was 
succeeded  by  E.  L.  Snow,  who  gave  way  to  Seth  WTarner, 
the  first  organist,  both  organist  and  chorister  for  a  time. 
At  the  time  of  the  church  division  he  was  chorister,  E.  S. 
Hoadly  being  organist.  Followingthe  division  Ahira  Lyman 
led  the  choir  for  a  while,  when  J.  Edward  Janes,  son  of  Low- 
ell E.  Janes,  flute-player  of  the  old  orchestra,  became  both 
organist  and  leader.  He  was  succeeded  by  Myron  E.  Green, 
H.  J.  Rudd,  Emory  Munyan.  J.  H.  Willard  and  others.  The 
old  orchestra  was  superseded  by  the  music  of  the  pipe  organ 


22  HISTORICAL   ADDRESS. 


in  1344.  The  first  organ  was  the  gift  of  Hon.  Samuel 
Williston,  and  was  put  into  the  church  in  the  autumn  of 
1844,  at  the  time  when  the  church  was  moved  back  into 
line  with  the  new  Williston  Seminary  buildings.  At  a 
parish  meeting,  held  Sept.  20th,  1844,  Mr.  Williston  proposed 
to  put  an  organ  into  the  church  to  remain  according  to  the 
pleasure  of  the  society.  The  offer  was  accepted,  and  the 
thanks  of  the  parish  were  voted  to  Mr.  Williston  for  his 
frequent  gifts  to  them. 

THE   SABBATH   SCHOOL. 

In  the  year  1818  efforts  were  first  made  to  establish  a 
Sunday  School  here.  The  project  was  opposed  by  some  on 
the  ground  that  the  children,  if  left  to  themselves,  as  they 
would  be  after  the  dismission  of  the  school,  would  not 
conduct  themselves  in  a  manner  becoming  the  sanctity  of 
the  day,  and  it  was  also  thought  to  be  an  unsuitable  thing 
to  have  a  school  on  the  Sabbath.  But  so  earnest  were  the 
friends  of  the  enterprise  that  they  finally  overcame  the 
opposition,  and  a  school  was  organized  in  the  district 
school  house,  which  stood  on  the  triangle  now  occupied  by 
the  Library.  This  was  the  very  year  in  which,  according 
to  Sylvester  Judd,  the  Sunday  School  was  organized  in 
Northampton.  Rev.  Solomon  Lyman  and  Hon.  Samuel 
Williston,  then  in  early  life,  it  is  said,  were  largely  instru- 
mental in  the  organization  of  this  Sunday  School  work 
here.  Before  that  time  it  was  the  custom  of  the  pastor,  at 
intervals,  at  the  close  of  the  afternoon  service,  to  call  the 
children  into  the  broad  aisle,  and  arrange  them  in  two 
lines  facing  one  another.  The  deacons'  seat  was  in  front 
of  the  pulpit,  one  step  up  from  the  floor,  and  here  in  the 
olden  time  the  deacons  sat,  facing  the  audience  during  the 
sermon.  This  place  the  pastor  occupied  during  the 
catechetical  exercise,  and  from  thence  propounded  the 
questions  in  the  catechism,  passing  in  order  down  the  line. 
The  catechism  was  also  taught  in  the  common  schools,  and 
recited  at  the  end  of  the  week.  The  first  Sunday  School 
Superintendent  was  Dea.  Thaddeus  Clapp,  a  man  upon 
whom  more  civil  and  ecclesiastical  honors  were  bestowed 
than  upon  any  other  one  man  in  the  history  of  the  church 
or  town. 

For  a  time  it  was  the  custom  to  hold  a  Sunday  morn- 
ing prayer  meeting  for  the  Sunday  School.  It  was  held 
in  the  house  of  Widow  Hophni  Clapp,  the  house  next  the 
hotel,  now  occupied  by  Miss  Miller.  It. was  held  during 
the  half  hour  before  service.  For  many  years  after 
Dr.  Williston's  dismission  he  was  the  teacher  of 
a  class  of  elderly  people.  The  next  superintendent, 
according  to  the  memory  of  Wm.  N.  Clapp,  was  his  father, 


HISTORICAL   ADDRESS.  23 

Solomon  Clapp,  who,  upon  the  withdrawal  of  Dea.  Clapp, 
was  nominated  by  Mr.  Williston.  Another  of  the  early 
superintendents  was  Joseph  L.  Clapp,  brother  of  the 
clergymen,  Sumner  G.  Clapp  and  Alender  O.  Clapp. 

The  early  custom  was  to  begin  the  school  the  first  of 
May  and  hold  till  November,  closing  for  the  winter  with  a 
public  exercise.  The  school  assembled  at  its  place  of 
meeting  in  the  Center  school  house,  marched  down  to  the 
church,  were  seated  by  classes,  and  listened  to  a  sermon 
from  the  pastor  especially  for  the  children.  The  text 
book  was  the  Bible,  and  the  exercise  was  the  recitation  of 
Scripture.  Sometimes  a  card  would  be  issued  to  each 
scholar  at  the  opening  of  the  year's  session,  on  which  were 
printed  references  to  the  portions  of  Scripture  which  were 
to  be  committed  to  memory  for  each  Sunday's  lesson. 
Sometimes  there  would  be  a  strife  to  see  who  would  learn 
the  most.  Occasionally  a  prize  for  the  most  proficient.  Few 
adults  were  members  of  the  school,  except  as  teachers. 
A  library  was  early  established  in  connection  with  the 
school,  of  which  Joseph  Clapp  was  for  a  long  time  librarian. 
After  1826  Ichabod  Wright  and  Daniel  Lyman  each  had 
the  superintendency  twice,  two  years  each  time.  Dr.  Zal- 
mon  Mallory  two  years.  Dea.  Ithamar  Clark  three  or  four. 
Josiah  Lyman,  Ahira  Lyman,  Seth  Warner,  Lauren  D. 
Lyman,  were  among  the  superintendents  before  the  di- 
vision of  the  church.  The  first  superintendent  after  the 
division  was  Rev.  Luther  Wright,  who  was  succeeded  by 
Dea.  Ithamar  Clark,  Asaph  L.  Wait,  Ahira  Lyman,  Lauren 
D.  Lyman.  During  the  superintendency  of  Lafayette 
Clapp,  in  1861,  a  record  book  was  obtained  and  has  ever 
since  been  kept.  The  office  he  resigned  when  he  enlisted 
in  the  27th  regiment,  and  was  succeeded  by  Edmund  W. 
Clarke,  who  resigned  upon  his  enlistment  in  the  52nd  regi- 
ment. It  was  held  by  Pay  son  W.  Lyman  in  1862-3;  then 
by  Lewis  Clapp,  two  years;  Lafayette  Clapp,  seven  years; 
by  James  Keene,  four  years;  J.  H.  Judd,  seven  years;  by 
H.  A.  Parsons,  two;  now  by  W.  H.  Jenkins. 

The  school,  during  the  war,  lost  not  only  its  superin- 
tendents Clapp  and  Clark,  but  also  its  librarian  and  chor- 
ister, Oliver  A.  Clark,  and  its  secretary  and  treasurer, 
Daniel  W.  Lyman,  the  former  of  whom  was  captured  by 
the  Confederates,  at  Drury's  Bluff,  and  died  in  Anderson- 
ville;  the  latter  of  whom  was  killed  in  battle  at  Port  Hud- 
son, June  14,  1863.  In  the  office  of  secretary  and  treasurer 
he  was  succeeded  by  Watson  H.  Wright,  who  has  held  the 
office  ever  since,  excepting  two  years,  when  it  was  held  by 
N.  H.  Ranney.  Mr  Wright  has  thus  held  the  office  21 
years.  The  average  attendance  upon  the  exercises  of  the 
school  has  steadily  risen  since  1861,  with  hardly  any  falling 


24  HISTORICAL  ADDRESS. 

off.  Only  two  of  the  present  board  of  teachers 
were  at  the  head  of  classes  when  the  present  speaker 
was  superintendent,  in  1862;  and  of  the  215  members  at 
that  time,  only  31  now  belong  to  it.  The  contributions 
were  formerly  small.  From  '61  to  '66  they  averaged  less 
than  $30.  Since  then  there  has  been  a  very  considerable 
advance,  so  that  for  the  last  eight  years  they  have  aver- 
aged $240,  and  last  year  were  $290. 

The  pastor  now  has  a  class  in  a  separate  room,  which 
numbers  125,  with  an  average  attendance  of  about  70. 

The  primary  department  for  several  years  has  been 
held  apart  from  the  main  school.  In  all  departments,  there 
was  last  year  a  total  membership  of  477.  The  average  at- 
tendance of  the  past  25  years  has  been  less  than  sixty  per 
cent  of  the  total  membership  of  the  school. 

I  wish  that  my  time  for  hurried  preparation  had  al- 
lowed me  to  speak  of  some  of  those  men  and  women 
whom  the  church  has  raised  up  and  sent  forth  from  its 
membership  into  other  portions  of  the  Lord's  vineyard; 
men  like  Theodore,  Thornton  W.,  and  Sumner  G.  Clapp, 
Azariah,  and  Elam  C.  Clark,  Solomon,  Addison,  and 
Horace  Lyman,  Edmund  Wright,  Francis  and  Justus 
Janes,  and  Silas  C.  Brown  and  others  who  have  served  in 
the  active  ministry  of  the  Word.  I  wished  to  speak 
more  fully  of  the  work  of  the  parish,  to  do  more  complete 
justice  to  the  labors  of  the  pastors'  co-workers  in 
official  relation  to  the  church,  but  the  time  has  already 
passed  and  I  must  forbear. 

As  we  dwell  on  what  the  gospel  has  here  accomplished, 
let  us  remember  that  it  has  lost  not  a  particle  of  its  power; 
that  nothing  has  diminished  its  sovereign  efficacy.  The 
Gospel  is  still  the  power  of  God  unto  salvation  to  those 
who  believe.  It  still  bears  on  the  problem  of  Christian 
living,  in  the  midst  of  an  ungodly  world.  Those  who  are 
perishing  may  account  it  foolishness.  It  will  no  doubt 
confront  their  evil  courses.  But  it  is  the  power  of  God 
and  the  wisdom  of  God  nevertheless;  and  it  they  will  but 
believe,  they  will  see  it  to  be  so.  Paul  and  Apollos  and 
other  Christian  ministers  are  of  small  consequence  as 
compared  with  the  head  of  the  church;  and  loyalty  to 
them,  though  well,  is  of  little  consequence  relatively,  ex- 
cept as  required  by  loyalty  to  Him.  Let  believers  be  sure 
that  they  are  true  to  Him.  This  sometimes  despised,  but 
really  glorious  and  mighty  Gospel,  is  ours.  It  is  that  by 
which  we  are  to  seek  the  salvation  of  the  lost.  If  we  use 
it,  we  shall  not  find  it  to  fail  us.  It  has  been  wisdom  and 
righteousness,  and  sanctification  and  redemption,  to  a 
countless  throng.  It  has  interpreting  and  vindicating,  it 
has  reconciling  and  cleansing  power  still.      There  is  in  it 


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now  as  of  old,  and  never  more  than  now,  the  power  of  an 
endless  life.  It  has  been  the  inspiration  to  heroic  Christian 
endeavor  in  all  the  Christian  ages.  In  it  the  martyrs  have 
triumphed.  By  it  the  missionaries  of  the  cross  have  been 
and  still  are  inspired.  It  has  been  the  living  solace,  and 
the  dying  support,  of  many  a  soul  in  the  fires  of  affliction. 
By  it  the  degraded  have  been  lifted  into  Christian  man- 
hood; the  proud  have  been  humbled,  and  made  the  spir- 
itual brethren  of  the  lowly;  the  wealthy  have  become 
charitable;  the  poor  have  been  made  trustful  and  patient. 
It  has  not  everywhere  triumphed,  for  it  has  not  every- 
where been  tried.  But  this  is  what  it  does  when  it  has  its 
way.  Would  to  God  that  we  could  all  feel  in  the  depths 
of  our  souls  that  its  way  is  the  best  way.  Would  to  God 
that  we  might  all  feel"  and  confess  its  power;  that  we 
might  all  joyfully  yield  ourselves  up  to  its  control,  and  en- 
deavor to  illustrate  in  our  own  persons,  the  self-sacrifice, 
the  Christian  zeal,  manifested  by  our  fathers,  the  glowing 
love,  of  which  the  cross  is  the  perpetual  symbol,  of  which 
it  is  the  most  sublime  and  matchless  example,  to  which 
it  is  the  ever  living  and  most  effectual  incitement. 


THE  FIRST  CONFESSION  OF  FAITH  AND  COVENANT. 

Adopted  by  the  church  at   its  organization. 

CONFESSION. 


We  believe  in  one  living  and  true  God,  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Ghost,  the  Creator,  Preserver  and  Governor  of 
the  heavens  and  earth,  and  all  that  are  in  them;  that  He 
made  man  upright,  in  his  own  image,  and  entered  into  a 
covenant  of  life  with  him,  as  including  all  his  posterity,  on 
condition  of  perfect  obedience;  but  he,  left  to  the  freedom 
of  his  own  will,  sinned  in  eating  of  the  forbidden  fruit, 
and  thereby  exposed  himself  and  all  his  posterity  to  death, 
temporal,  spiritual  and  eternal;  that  God,  who  is  rich  in 
mercy,  in  the  fullness  of  time,  sent  his  Son  in  our  nature  to 
redeem  and  save  us,  promising  pardon  and  salvation  to 
them  that  believe  in  him ;  that  all  such  are  immediately 
justified  and  sanctified,  and  shall  be  kept  by  the  power  of 
God  through  faith  unto  salvation;  that  the  supernatural 
efficiency  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  absolutely  necessary  to  re- 
new the  heart  and  recover  apostate  man  from  sin  to  holi- 
ness; that  they  who  are  thus  renewed  will  by  divine  help 
persevere  in  the  ways  of  well  doing  even  to  the  end;  that 
the  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  are  the  word 
of  God,  and  contain  a  perfect  and  sufficient  rule,  both  with 
respect  to  faith  and  practice;  that  Christ  hath  appointed  in 
his  church  two  only  sacraments, viz. :  Baptism  and  the  Lord's 
Supper,  and  that  baptism  is  to  be  administered,  not  only  to 
adult  professors,  but  also  to  their  infant  children;  and  at 
the  last  day  Christ  will  return  to  this  earth,  raise  the  dead, 
and  judge  the  world,  and  introduce  his  saints  to  the  full 
possession  of  his  kingdom,  and  condemn  the  wicked  and 
ungodly  to  everlasting  fire. 

COVENANT. 

Sensible  that  it  is  a  solemn  and  awful  thing  to  transact 
with  the  ever  living  Jehovah,  we  do  now,  in  the  presence  of 
God  and  of  one  another,  renewedly  devote  and  consecrate 
ourselves  to  God,  and  engage,   with  divine   assistance,  to 


28  CONFESSIONS    AND    COVENANTS. 

walk  iii  all  his  commandments;  to  encourage  and  support 
the  regular  and  stated  administration  of  his  worship  and 
ordinances  among  ourselves,  and  to  maintain  proper  dis- 
cipline in  this  church,  and  to  subject  ourselves  to  it  as  the 
word  of  God  requires  and  enjoins.  We  ;;lso  promise  to 
watch  over  one  another  in  the  spirit  of  love,  meekness  and 
gentleness. 

THE    SECOND    CONFESSION    OF    FAITH  AND 
COVENANT. 

Prepared  by  the  pastors  of  thn  churches  in  Southampton,  East- 
hampton  and  Westharppton,—  Revs.  Vinson  Gould.  Pnyson  Wilhston  and 
Enoch  Hale,— and  adopted  by  the  church  Apr.  19,  1S26. 


CONFESSION. 


I.  You  believe  that  God  is  the  eternal  and  infinite 
Holy  One;  that  he  is  Jehovah,  who  exists  in  the  persons  of 
the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost;  that  he  is  the  Cre- 
ator, the  Preserver,  and  the  Lord  of  all  worlds;  and  that 
he  is  supremely  worthy  of  love,  homage  and  obedience. 

II.  You  believe  that  God  made  Man  in  his  own  image, 
and  that,  constituting  him  the  representative  and  surety  of 
his  posterity,  he  entered  into  the  covenant  of  life  with  him 
on  the  condition  of  perfect  obedience. 

III.  You  believe  that  Adam,  by  eating  the  forbidden 
fruit,  fell  from  the  covenant  of  his  God,  and  subjected  him- 
self with  all  his  posterity  to  sin  and  death;  and  that  in 
consequence  of  his  transgression  all  mankind  are  by  nature 
destitute  of  holiness,  and  children  of  wrath. 

IV.  You  believe  that  God,  in  his  great  love,  was 
pleased  to  bring  to  light  his  eternal  purpose  of  grace  in 
Christ,  in  restoring  fallen  man  to  his  image  and  favor;  and 
that,  when  the  fullness  of  the  time  was  come,  he  sent  forth 
his  Son  in  the  likeness  of  sinful  flesh,  that  they  who  believe, 
having  redemption  through  his  blood,  might  receive  for- 
giveness of  sins  and  everlasting  life. 

V.  You  believe  that  repentance  toward  God.  and  faith 
toward  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  producing  the  fruits  of  holi- 
ness, are  indispensable  preparatives  to  final  salvation. 

VI.  You  believe  that  it  is  the  special  office  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  to  make  application  of  the  benefits  of  redemp- 
tion; and  that  his  providences,  holy  word  and  ordinances, 
are  means  with  which  he  works  in  convincing,  converting, 


CONFESSIONS    AND    COVENANTS.  29 

and  sanctifying  the  elect. 

VII.  Yon  believe  that  it  is  the  command  of  Christ,  to 
remember  the  Lord's  day  to  keep  it  holy;  to  respect  the 
Christian  ministry,  the  preaching  of  the  word,  baptism, 
the  Lord's  Supper,  and  prayer;  and  that  it  is  binding  on 
you,  whenever  Providence  gives  opportunity,  to  attend  on 
all  sacred  ordinances  as  instituted  by  him  for  his  church. 

VIII.  You  believe  that  all  whom  the  Holy  Spirit  re- 
news, walk  by  faith,  persevere  in  holiness,  and  are  kept  by 
the  power  of  God,  through  faith  unto  salvation. 

IX.  You  believe  that  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments  are  the  word  of  God,  and  are  a  rule  of 
faith  and  practice  perfectly  sufficient  for  all  men,  in  every 
age  of  the  church. 

X.  You  believe  the  great  doctrines  of  Christ's  return 
to  this  earth,  the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  and  the  final 
judgment;  when  he  will  render  to  every  human  being 
according  to  the  deeds  done  in  the  body,  introduce  the 
saints  to  the  full  possession  of  his  kingdom,  and  condemn 
all  the  wicked  to  everlasting  punishment. 


COVENANT. 


In  the  presence  of  this  assembly,  and  the  infinitely 
awful  presence  of  the  holy  God,  you  avouch  the  Lord 
Jehovah,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  to  be  your  God. 
You  covenant  and  solemnly  promise,  in  humble  reliance  on 
divine  grace,  that  you  will  walk  in  the  way  of  his  word, 
obeying  all  his  commands,  and  will  glorify  him  in  your 
body  and  your  spirit  which  are  his.  Before  God,  and  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  elect  angels,  you  promise,  that, 
by  gracious  assistance,  you  will  observe  and  keep  all  the 
laws  of  Christ's  kingdom,  will  honor  him  in  his  house,  by 
attending,  as  Providence  shall  enable  you,  on  his  instituted 
worship,  will  assist  faithfully  to  support  the  administra- 
tion of  his  ordinances,  and  maintain  in  love  the  discipline 
of  his  church,  to  which  you  also  will  cheerfully  submit. 
These  duties  you  promise,  through  grace,  to  fulfill,  in  this 
church,  so  long  as  God  shall  continue  you  a  member  of  it, 
and  to  the  end  of  your  life  in  whatever  place  God  shall 
assign  you,  adorning,  at  all  times,  the  doctrines  of  God  our 
Saviour.  And  sensible  that  it  is  a  solemn  thing  to  transact 
with  the  living  God  you  thus  covenant.     Amen. 

For  Third  Confession  and  Covenant,  see  Form  of  Admission. 


STANDING  RULES  AND 
APPOINTMENTS. 


i. 

All  members  of  the  church,  having  reached  twenty 
one  years  of  age,  are  entitled  to  a  vote  in  its  affairs. 

II. 

The  annual  meeting  shall  be  held  during  the  first  two 
weeks  of  the  month  of  December;  subject  to  the  call  of  the 
Clerk. 

Special  meetings  may  be  held  at  any  time,  subject  to 
the  call  of  the  Committee,  or,  upon  the  application  in 
writing,  of  at  least  five  members. 

III. 
The  officers  of  the  church  shall  be  Pastor,  four 
Deacons,  Clerk,  Treasurer,  Auditor  and  Committee,  to  be 
chosen  by  majority  ballot,  the  last  four,  together  with  one 
deacon,  to  be  chosen  annually  and  to  enter  upon  their 
terms  of  office  upon  the  first  day  of*  January  following 
their  election. 

IV. 
The  Pastor  shall,  ex-officio,  be  moderator  of  all  business 
meetings,  shall  keep  the  register  of  the  church,  and  shall 
report  concerning  it  at  the  annual  meeting. 

V. 
The  Deacons  shall  hold  office  for  four  years,  one  to  be 
elected  annually. 


STANDING  RULES   AND   APPOINTMENTS.  31 

VI. 

The  Clerk  shall  keep  the  records  of  the  church,  give 
notice  of  the  annual  meeting,  and  shall  audit  the  accounts 
of  the  Treasurer. 


VII. 

The  Treasurer  shall  take  charge  of  all  moneys  belong- 
ing to  the  church,  subject  to  the  order  of  the  committee, 
and  shall  present  a  properly  audited  report  at  the  annual 
meeting:. 


VIII. 

The  Committee  shall  consist  of  Pastor,  Deacons,  and 
Superintendent  of  Sabbath  school,  ex-officio,  and  also  of 
two  brethren,  one  of  whom  shall  be  chosen  annually  to 
continue  in  office  twY)  years. 

The  duties  of  the  Committee  shall  be,  to  examine  all 
candidates  for  admission  to  the  church,  to  present  to  it  all 
cases  of  discipline  arising  under  article  fifteen,  and  such 
other  cases  as  they  shall  deem  necessary,  and  to  maintain 
a  watchful  care  over  the  general  interests  of  the  church. 

The  regular  meetings  of  the  Committee  shall  be  held 
on  the  second  Monday  evening  of  the  month  next  preced- 
ing each  communion. 


IX. 

Candidates  for  admission  upon  profession,  having  been 
examined,  approved  and  recommended  to  the  church,  at 
least  two  weeks  previous  to  communion,  shall,  no  objections 
having  been  made  to  the  Committee,  be  received  upon  pub- 
lic profession,  by  a  rising  vote  of  the  church  at  the  time  of 
entering  into  covenant. 


X. 

Those  coming  from  other  churches  shall  present  their 
letters  to  the  Committee  through  the  Pastor,  and,  having 
been  recommended  to  the  church  at  least  two  weeks,  shall 
be  received  by  a  rising  vote  upon  entering  into  covenant. 


32  STANDING    RULES    AND    APPOINTMENTS. 

XL 

It  is  expected  that  all  members  of  other  churches 
worshiping  with  us,  will  present  letters  within  one  year 
after  coming  among  us,  and  a  letter  dated  more  than  one 
year  previous  to  its  presentation,  will  not  be  regarded  as 
valid,  without  good  reason  for  the  delay. 

XII. 

Members  who  remove  their  residence  beyond  the 
reach  of  this  church  should,  if  practicable,  transfer  their 
relation  to  some  other  church.  If  such  do  not  apply  for 
letters  within  one  year  from  the  time  of  leaving,  satisfac- 
tory reasons  must  be  given  for  the  delay,  or  they  shall  not 
be  entitled  to  an  unqualified  certificate  of  good  standing. 

All  such  members  shall  be  considered  absentees  and 
shall  be  so  enrolled  upon  the  register,  and  any  absentee, 
who  shall  so  remain  for  a  period  exceeding  three  years, 
shall  be  considered  and  enrolled  as  missing.  Letters  of 
dismission  and  recommendation  are  valid  for  only  six 
months  after  date. 

XIII. 
The  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  supper  shall  be  observed 
on  the  first  Sabbaths  of  January,  March,  May,  July,  Sep- 
tember and  November,  and  a  lecture  preparatory  shall   be 
delivered  during  the  week  next  preceding. 

XIV. 
This  church  considers  the  manufacture,  sale,  or  use  of 
intoxicating  liquors  as  a  beverage,  unworthy  its  members, 
and  a  sufficient  cause  for  discipline. 

XV. 

This  church  holds  its  members  bound,  by  the  precepts 
of  the  Gospel,  to  watch  over  each  other  in  Christian  love, 
and  if  any  member  shall  become  aware  of  the  unworthy 
walk  and  conversation  of  any  other,  he  is  expected  to 
proceed  with  that  member  according  to  the  principle  of 
discipline  found  in  Matt.  XVIII.  15-17,  the  case  to  be 
presented  to  the  church  through  the  committee. 

XVI. 
These  rules  and  regulations  may  be  altered,  amended  or 
others   added  at   any  regular  meeting  of  the  church, — due 
notice  of  which  has  been  given  from  the  pulpit,— by  a  two 
thirds  vote  of  the  members  present. 


In  the  autumn  of  1886  the  following  preamble  was  adopted  by  the 
church  in  the  place  of  that  previously  in  use: 

Dearly  Beloved: 

Our  Lord  has  left  us  this  blessed  promise,  "Whosoever 
shall  confess  me  before  men,  him  will  I  confess  also  before 
my  Father  which  is  in  Heaven." 

In  view  of  this  promise,  and  of  the  obligations  and 
privileges  contained  therein  and  enforced  by  other  pas- 
sages of  the  blessed  Word,  and  also  being  desirous  of  obey- 
ing the  Saviour's  command,  "This  do  in  remembrance  of 
me,"  you  have  presented  yourselves  before  God  and  this 
assembly  to  make  a  solemn  confession  of  your  faith  in 
Jesus  Christ,  and  to  take  upon  you  the  bonds  of  the  ever- 
lasting covenant. 

You  will  now  attend  to  our  Confession  of  Faith. 


FORM  OF  ADMISSION. 


Dearly  Beloved: 

Our  Lord  has  left  us  this  blessed  promise,  "Whosoever 
shall  confess  me  before  men,  him  will  I  confess  also  before 
my  Father  which  is  in  Heaven." 

In  view  of  this  promise,  and  of  the  obligation  and 
privilege  contained  therein  and  enforced  by  other  passa- 
ges of  the  blessed  Word,  and  also  being  desirous  of  obey- 
ing the  Saviour's  command,  "This  do  in  remembrance  of 
me,"  you  have  presented  yourself  before  God  and  this 
assembly  to  make  a  solemn  confession  of  your  faith 
in  Jesus  Christ,  and  to  take  upon  you  the  bonds  of  the 
everlasting  covenant.  We  trust  you  have  considered  well 
the  nature  of  this  transaction,  the  most  solemn  and  mo- 
mentous in  which  a  mortal  can  ever  engage,  and  that  you 
are  prepared,  by  Divine  aid,  to  give  yourself  away,  a  living 
sacrifice,  holy,  acceptable  unto  God,  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord. 

You  will  now  attend  to  our  Confession  of  Faith. 

Wte  believe  in  God  the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  the  only  living  and  true  God;  in  Jesus  Christ,  the 
incarnate  Word,  who  is  exalted  to  be  our  Redeemer  and 
King;  and  in  the  Holy  Comforter,  who  regenerates  and 
sanctifies  the  soul. 

Wte  believe  in  the  common  sinfulness  and  ruin  of  our 
race,  in  the  need  of  repentance  and  faith  toward  Jesus 
Christ;  and  we  acknowledge  that  it  is  only  through  the 
work  accomplished  by  the  life  and  expiator}^  death  of 
Christ,  that  we  are  justified  before  God  and  receive  the 
remission  of  sins;  and  that  it  is  through  the  presence  of 
the  Holy  comforter  alone  that  we  hope  to  be  delivered  from 
the  power  of  sin,  and  to  be  perfected  in  holiness. 


34  FORM   OF   ADMISSION. 

We  believe  also  in  an  organized  and  visible  Church; 
in  the  Ministry  of  the  Word;  in  the  Sacraments  of 
Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper;  in  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead;  and  in  the  final  judgment,  the  issues  of  which  are 
eternal  life  and  everlasting  punishment. 

We  receive  these  truths  on  the  testimony  of  God, 
given  originally  through  prophets  and  apostles,  and  in  the 
life,  the  miracles,  the  death  and  the  resurrection  of  His 
Son,  our  divine  Redeemer, — a  testimony  preserved  for  the 
Church  in  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  which  were  com- 
posed by  holy  men  as  they  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost 
and  which  we  recognize  as  our  only  rule  of  faith  and 
practice. 

Do  you  accept  this  as  your  own  confession  of  faith 

Candidates  shall  bow  assent. 

Baptism  of  those  not  baptized  in  infancy. 

Those  baptized  in  infancy  shall  be  thus  addressed. 

Do  you,  dedicated  to  God  in  childhood  through  bap- 
tism by  believing  parents,  now  accept  their  act,  with  the 
obligations  and  privileges  involved  therein,  as  your  own, 
and  declare  your  belief  that  the  regeneration  thereby 
symbolized  has   been  wrought  in  you  by  the  Holy  Spirit  ? 

Those  addressed  shall  bow  assent. 

You  will   now   enter  into    solemn   obligations   with 
your  Maker  and  with  this  Church. 

You  solemnly  covenant  with  God  in  the  presence  of 
His  people: 

To  take  Jehovah  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit 
to  be  the  object  of  your  supreme  affection  and  your 
portion  forever; 

To  take  Jesus  Christ  to  be  your  Lord  and  Redeemer; 

To  take  the  Holy  Spirit  to  be  your  Sanctifler,  Com- 
forter and  Guide; 

To  take  the  Word  of  God  as  your  rule  of  thought  and 
action,  and  his  people  to  be  your  people; 

To  dedicate  yourself,  soul  and  body,  time  and  talents, 
powers  and  possessions  to  the  service  of  God; 

To  observe,  Grace  assisting  you,  the  commands  and 
ordinances  of  God,  remembering  his  Sabbath  day  to  keep 
it  holy; 

To  seek  the  honor  and  interests  of  Christ's  kingdom, 
and  henceforth,  denying  all  ungodliness  and  every  worldly 
lust,  to  live  soberly,  righteously  and  godly  in  this  present 
world. 


FORM   OF   ADMISSION.  35 


Do  you  thus  covenant  with    God  ? 

Those  addressed  shall  bow  assent;  those  uniting  by  letter  will  now  rise. 

Dearly  beloved: 

In  uniting  with  this  Church  you  solemnly  covenant  and 
promise,  in  the  presence  of  God: 

To  attend  faithfully  upon  its  services; 

To  support  its  public  worship  and  ordinances; 

To  uphold  its  faith,  sustain  and  obey  its  rules  and 
discipline; 

To  honor  it  as  you  may  be  able  by  an  upright  walk 
and  conversation ; 

To  labor  and  pray  for  its  peace  and  purity,  its  edifi- 
cation, usefulness  and  prosperity,  and  to  walk  with  its 
members  in  love  and  faithfulness. 

Do  you  thus  covenant  and  promise  ? 

The  candidates  shall  bow  assent. 

The  church  shall  now  rise. 

We  then,  members  of  this  church,  do  now,  affectionately 
and  cordially,  receive  you  to  our  membership,  promising  to 
watch  over  you,  to  love  you,  to  aid  you  by  our  counsels  and 
our  prayers,  to  walk  with  you  in  joy  and  in  sorrow,  and 
in  every  way  possible  to  help  you  on  in  the  divine  life. 

Now,  unto  Him  that  is  able  to  keep  you  from  falling, 
and  to  present  you  faultless  before  the  presence  of  His 
glory  with  exceeding  joy,  to  the  only  wise  God,  our 
Saviour,  be  glory  and  majesty,  dominion  and  power,  both 
now  and  ever.    Amen. 


OFFICERS 


-OF  THE- 


Church  and  Sabbath  School 


TOGETHER  WITH 


The  Church  Membership 


FROM  ITS  ORGANIZATION. 


PASTOKS. 


REV.   PAYSON  WILL1STON. 

Ordained  and  Installed  Aug.  13,1789.     Dismissed  Oct.  1G,1833. 

REV.   WILLIAM  BEMENT. 
Ordained  and  Installed  Oct.  10,1833.     Dismissed  Apr.  9,  1850. 

REV.  ROLLIN  S.   STONE. 
Installed  Oct.  8,  1850.     Dismissed  July  26,  1852. 

REV.   AARON  M.  COLTON. 
Installed  Mar.  2,  1853.     Dismissed  Dec.  1,  1880. 

REV.  WILLIAM  F.  BACON 
Installed  Dec.  1,  1880. 


DEACONS. 


Stephen  Wright,  Jan.  18,  1786  to 1807. 

Benjamin  Lyman,  Jan.  21,  1786  to  June  13, 1798. 

Obadiah  Janes,  Dec.  11,  1788  to 1807. 

Joel  Parsons,  1798  to 1813. 

Solomon  Lyman,  1807  to  Oct.  4,  1848. 

Thaddeus  Clapp,  1308  to  Apr.  29,  1841. 

Sylvester  Lyman,  1813  to  Nov.  or  Dec.  1833. 

Julius  Hannum,  Jan.  11,  1825  to  Sept.  20,  1829. 

Ithamar  Clark,  Nov.  29,  1832  to  Apr.  3,  1857. 

Eleazer  W.  Hannum, 1S33  to 

Samuel  Williston,  Sept.  21,  1841  to  June  20,  1852. 

Luther  Wright,  May  14,  1857  to  Feb.  3,  1870. 

E.  Alonzo  Clark,  May  14,  1857  to  Jan.  2,  1880. 

Lauren  D.  Lyman,  Feb.  3,  1870  to  Jan.  22,  1880. 

Jan.  22,  1880,  the  church  declared  the  office  of  deacon  vacant  and 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  four  deacons:  one  for  four  years,  one  for  three, 
one  for  two  and  one  for  one;  one  to  be  chosen  annually  thereafter  for  a 
term  of  four  years. 

Lauren  D.  Lyman  was  elected  for  four  years.       Entered  on 
second  term  of  office  Jan.  1st,  1884. 

Lucius  E.  Parsons  was  elected    for  three  years.     Entered 
on  second  term  Jan.  1st,  1S83. 

John   W.   Munyan   was   elected  for  two  years.      Entered 
on  second  term  Jan.  1st,  1882. 

John  H.  Judd  was  elected  for  one  year.     Entered  on  second 
,term  Jan  1st,  1881. 

George  P.  Meserve  was  elected  for  four  years  from  Jan. 
1st,  1885. 


SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


For  an  account  of  the  school  and  a  list  of  its  Superin- 
tendents, previous  to  the  year  1861,  see  Historical  Address, 
pages  22  and  23. 

SUPERINTENDENTS. 


LaFayette  Clapp, 

1861. 

Edmund  Clark. 

1862. 

Pay  son  W.  Lyman, 

1863. 

Lewis  Clapp, 

1864— 1865. 

LaFayette  Clapp, 

I860— 1ST-.'. 

James  Keene, 

1873—1871;. 

John  H.  Judd, 

1877—1882. 

Henry  A.  Parsons, 

1883—1884. 

John  H.  Judd. 

1885.  resigned  Mar 

.  10. 

Wm.  H.  Jenkins, 

Mar.  10,  1885, 

AVERAGE  ATTENDANCE. 

Fractions  Omitted. 

1861—91 

1867—110 

1873—193 

1879- 

306 

1862—D8 

1868—125 

1874—173 

1880- 

-196 

1863—93 

1869—128 

1875—191 

1881- 

-262 

1864 — !»4 

1870-134 

L876— 181 

1882- 

-261 

1865—79 

1871—137 

L877— 189 

1883- 

-268 

1866-113 

1872—13; 

1878—205 

1884- 

-261 

Shurcb  Agister 

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